Create real-time, highly interactive apps quickly with the powerful XMPP protocol XMPP is a robust protocol used for a wide range of applications, including instant messaging, multi-user chat, voice and video conferencing, collaborative spaces, real-time gaming, data synchronization, and search. This book teaches you how to harness the power of XMPP in your own apps and presents you with all the tools you need to build the next generation of apps using XMPP or add new features to your current apps. Featuring the JavaScript language throughout and making use of the jQuery library, the book contains several XMPP apps of increasing complexity that serve as ideal learning tools.

Coverage Includes:



Getting to Know XMPP
Designing XMPP Applications
Saying Hello: The First Application
Exploring the XMPP Protocol: A Debugging Console
Microblogging in Real Time: An Identica Client
Talking with Friends: One-on-One Chat
Exploring Services: Service Discovery and Browsing
Group Chatting: A Multi-User Chat Client
Publishing and Subscribing: A Shared Sketch Pad Introduction
Writing with Friends: A Collaborative Text Editor
Playing Games: Head to Head Tic-Tac-Toe
Getting Attached: Bootstrapping BOSH
Deploying XMPP Applications
Writing Strophe Plug-ins

Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.