andrewvc/gist:887255

## gistfile1.txt
class MyApp < DripDrop::Node

  def action
    route :my_server,  :websocket_server, 'ws://127.0.0.1:9292'
    my_server.on_open do |response|
      EM::PeriodicTimer.new(1) do
        my_client.send_message(:name => 'time_request') do |response_message|
          puts "The time is: #{response_message.body['time']}"
        end
      end
    end
  end
end

MyApp.new.start!


<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en">
<head>
  <title>untitled</title>
  <script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8" src='https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.5.1/jquery.min.js'></script>
  <script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8">
    $(function(){
      var ws = new WebSocket('ws://127.0.0.1:9292');
      ws.onmessage = function(message) {$('#time').text(message.data)};
      ws.onerror = function(err) {console.log(err)};
      ws.onclose = function(close) {console.log(close)};
    });
  </script>

</head>

<body>

  <div id='time'></div>

</body>
</html>
	class MyApp < DripDrop::Node

	def action
	route :my_server, :websocket_server, 'ws://127.0.0.1:9292'
	my_server.on_open do \|response\|
	EM::PeriodicTimer.new(1) do
	my_client.send_message(:name => 'time_request') do \|response_message\|
	puts "The time is: #{response_message.body['time']}"
	end
	end
	end
	end
	end

	MyApp.new.start!









	<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en">
	<head>
	<title>untitled</title>
	<script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8" src='https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.5.1/jquery.min.js'></script>
	<script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8">
	$(function(){
	var ws = new WebSocket('ws://127.0.0.1:9292');
	ws.onmessage = function(message) {$('#time').text(message.data)};
	ws.onerror = function(err) {console.log(err)};
	ws.onclose = function(close) {console.log(close)};
	});
	</script>

	</head>

	<body>

	<div id='time'></div>

	</body>
	</html>