Basic Ruby Chat

gistfile1.rb

# encoding: utf-8

require 'socket'

class Chatty
    
    def initialize
        @clients = []  
    end

    def run
        Socket.tcp_server_loop 8080 do |sock, client_addrinfo|
            puts "Incoming connection from #{client_addrinfo.ip_address}"
            @clients << {
                :socket => sock,
                :username => sock.gets.chomp
            }
            
            Thread.new do
                begin
                    while line = sock.gets
                        break if line =~ /quit/
                        
                        @clients.each do |client|
                            client[:socket].puts "#{client[:username]} said “#{line.chomp}”"
                        end
                    end
                ensure
                    puts "#{client_addrinfo.ip_address} quits!"
                    p @clients
                    sock.close
                end
            end

        end
    end
    
end

a = Chatty.new
a.run