socketstream/socketstream

@ngdoc overview
@name Features

@description
# Features

#### Client Side
 
* Use `require()` and `exports` in your client-side code as you would on the server
* Define multiple single-page clients by choosing the CSS, JS and client-side templates you wish to serve
* Integrated asset manager - packages and [minifies](https://github.com/mishoo/UglifyJS) all client-side assets. Includes CDN support
* Live Reload - automatically reloads the browser when a HTML, CSS or JS client file changes
* Comprehensive support for client-side templates - use Hogan/Mustache/CoffeeKup/jQuery or write your own wrapper
* Use optional code formatters (e.g. CoffeeScript, Jade, Stylus, Less, etc) by easily installing wrapper modules
* Multiple clients work seamlessly with HTML Push State 'mock routing' so you can use [Backbone Router](http://documentcloud.github.com/backbone/#Router), [Davis JS](http://davisjs.com) and more
* Works great with [Ember.js](http://emberjs.com) for 'reactive templates' which automatically update when data changes
* Bundled with jQuery - though not dependent on it. Will work great with Zepto and other libraries
* Easily use additional client libraries such as [Underscore.js](http://documentcloud.github.com/underscore/)
 
 
#### Server Side
 
* True bi-directional communication using websockets (or websocket fallbacks). No more slow, messy AJAX!
* Modular Websocket Transports - switch between [Engine.IO](http://socket.io) (bundled by default) or [SockJS](https://github.com/socketstream/ss-sockjs) without changing your app code
* Easily share code between the client and server. Ideal for business logic and model validation (see FAQs below)
* Request Middleware - enabling session access, authentication, logging, distributed requests and more
* Effortless, scalable, pub/sub baked right in - including Private Channels
* Easy authentication - use a backend database or authenticate against Facebook Connect, Twitter, etc using [Everyauth](https://github.com/bnoguchi/everyauth)
* Uses [Connect](http://senchalabs.github.com/connect/) - Hook-in your own HTTP middleware, share sessions between HTTP/Connect/Express/SocketStream
* Optionally use [Redis](http://redis.io) for fast session retrieval, pub/sub, list of users online, and any other data your app needs instantly


#### Optional Modules (officially maintained and supported)

* **[ss-sockjs](https://github.com/socketstream/ss-sockjs)** Use [SockJS](https://github.com/sockjs/sockjs-client) as the websocket transport instead of Engine.IO
* **[ss-console](https://github.com/socketstream/ss-console)** Connect to a live server and call RPC actions or publish events over the REPL / terminal
* Code Formatters: **[ss-coffee](https://github.com/socketstream/ss-coffee)** (CoffeeScript), **[ss-jade](https://github.com/socketstream/ss-jade)** Jade (for HTML), **[ss-stylus](https://github.com/socketstream/ss-stylus)** Stylus (for CSS), **[ss-less](https://github.com/socketstream/ss-less)** Less (for CSS)
* Client-side Template Engines: **[ss-hogan](https://github.com/socketstream/ss-hogan)** Hogan/Mustache, **[ss-coffeekup](https://github.com/socketstream/ss-coffeekup)** CoffeeKup