cccchat

users.js.coffee

# Place all the behaviors and hooks related to the matching controller here.
# All this logic will automatically be available in application.js.
# You can use CoffeeScript in this file: http://jashkenas.github.com/coffee-script/

jQuery ->

  MessagePoller =
    poll: ->
      setInterval ->
        MessagePoller.request("get_new": "yes")
      , 1000
      true
    request : (data) ->
      $.ajax(
        type: "POST",
        url: $("#messageform").attr("action")
        data: data
        dataType: "JSON"
      ).success (json) ->
#        alert(json)
#        $("ul#messages").append("<li>" + json+  "</li>")
        #act on result.
      false


  $("#formsubmit").click ->
    valuesToSubmit = $("textarea#message").val()
    sendData = {"message" : valuesToSubmit}
    $("ul#messages").append("<li>" + valuesToSubmit +  "</li>")
    $("textarea#message").val('')
    MessagePoller.request(sendData)
    false # prevents normal behaviour

  MessagePoller.poll()