ws-socket.io boilerplate

// Note that the path doesn't matter for routing; any WebSocket
// connection gets bumped over to WebSocket consumers
socket = new WebSocket("ws://127.0.0.1:7000/chat/");
socket.onmessage = function(e) {
    alert(e.data);
}
socket.onopen = function() {
    socket.send("hello world");
}
// Call onopen directly if socket is already open
if (socket.readyState == WebSocket.OPEN) socket.onopen();

//Socket.io
var socket = io.connect();
// React to a received message
socket.on('ping', function (data) {
  // Modify the DOM to show the message
  document.getElementById("msg").innerHTML = data.msg;
  // Send a message back to the server
  socket.emit('pong', {
    msg: "The web browser also knows socket.io."
  });
});