var express = require( 'express' ), socketio = require('socket.io'); app = express(); app.get( '/', function( req, res ) { console.log( 'Hello World' ); res.send( 'Hello World' ); }); app.use( express.static( './client' ) ); exports.init = function( port ) { console.log( 'Starting to listen on port ' + port ); var server = app.listen( port ); var io = socketio( server ); io.on('connection', function (socket) { socket.emit('news', { hello: 'world' }); socket.on('newrating', function (data) { console.log(data); data.rating += 1; socket.emit( 'ratingupdate', data ); }); }); };