Improved the event/render flow

client/css/style.css

@@ -36,10 +36,6 @@ h2 {
 	cursor: pointer;
 	padding: 0 12px;
 }
-#sidebar .channel[data-id='0'] {
-	background: #eaeaea;
-	border-bottom-color: #e5e5e5;
-}
 #sidebar .channel:first-child {
 	color: #333;
 	overflow: hidden;
@@ -47,6 +43,10 @@ h2 {
 #sidebar .channel:hover {
 	text-decoration: underline;
 }
+#sidebar .network:first-child .channel:first-child {
+	background: #eaeaea;
+	border-bottom-color: #e5e5e5;
+}
 #chat {
 	bottom: 0;
 	left: 200px;

client/js/chat.js

@@ -1,12 +1,8 @@
 $(function() {
 	var socket = io.connect("");
-	socket.on(
+	socket.on("event", function(event) {
-		"event",
+		render(event);
-		function(event) {
+	});
-			console.log(event);
-			View[event.action](event);
-		}
-	);
 
 	var chat = $("#chat");
 	var sidebar = $("#sidebar");
@@ -17,11 +13,77 @@ $(function() {
 	var messages = $("#messages").html();
 	var users = $("#users").html()
 
+	function render(event) {
+		var type = event.type;
+		var data = event.data;
+		var action = event.action;
+		var target = event.target;
+
+		if (action == "REMOVE") {
+			remove(target);
+			return;
+		}
+		if (target != "") {
+			target = $("[data-id='" + target + "']");
+		}
+
+		switch (type) {
+		
+		case "NETWORK":
+		case "CHANNEL":
+			refresh(data);
+			break;
+
+		case "USER":
+			target = target.find(".users");
+			target.html(Mustache.render(users, {users: event.data}));
+			break;
+		
+		case "MESSAGE":
+			var keepAtBottom = target.isScrollBottom();
+			target = target.find(".messages");
+			target.append(Mustache.render(messages, {messages: event.data}));
+			if (keepAtBottom) {
+				target.scrollToBottom();
+			}
+			break;
+	
+		}
+	}
+
+	function remove(id) {
+		$("[data-id='" + id + "']").remove();
+	}
+
+	function refresh(data) {
+		chat.html("");
+		var partials = {
+			users: users,
+			messages: messages
+		};
+		data.forEach(function(network) {
+			chat.append(Mustache.render(channels, network, partials));
+		});
+		sidebar.html(
+			Mustache.render(networks, {
+				networks: data
+			})
+		);
+
+		chat.find(".messages").scrollToBottom();
+		chat.find(".window")
+			// Sort windows by `data-id` value.
+			.sort(function(a, b) { return ($(a).data("id") - $(b).data("id")); })
+			.last()
+			.bringToTop()
+			.find(".input")
+				.focus();
+	}
+
 	var View = {};
 
 	View.refresh = function(event) {
 		var data = event.data;
-
 		sidebar.html(
 			Mustache.render(networks, {
 				networks: data
@@ -48,32 +110,23 @@ $(function() {
 	};
 
 	View.add = function(event) {
-		var target = "";
+		var target = $("[data-id='" + event.target + "'] ");
-		var render = "";
-
 		switch (event.type) {
-		case "user":
+
-			target = ".users";
+		case "users":
-			render = Mustache.render(
+			target = target.find(".users");
-				users, {users: event.data}
+			target.html(Mustache.render(users, {users: event.data}));
-			);
 			break;
 
-		case "message":
+		case "messages":
-			target = ".messages";
-			render = Mustache.render(
-				messages, {messages: event.data}
-			);
-			break;
-		}
-
-		if (target != "") {
-			target = $("[data-id='" + event.target + "'] " + target);
 			var keepAtBottom = target.isScrollBottom();
-			target.append(render);
+			target = target.find(".messages");
+			target.append(Mustache.render(messages, {messages: event.data}));
 			if (keepAtBottom) {
 				target.scrollToBottom();
 			}
+			break;
+
 		}
 	};
 
@@ -81,10 +134,6 @@ $(function() {
 		$("[data-id='" + event.target + "']").remove();
 	};
 
-	View.change = function(event) {
-		// ..
-	};
-
 	chat.on("submit", "form", function() {
 		var input = $(this).find(".input");
 		var text = input.val();
@@ -107,7 +156,10 @@ $(function() {
 (function() {
 	var highest = 1;
 	$.fn.bringToTop = function() {
-		return this.css('z-index', highest++);
+		return this
+			.css('z-index', highest++)
+			.find("input")
+			.focus();
 	};
 
 	$.fn.scrollToBottom = function() {

lib/models.js

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ var _ = require("lodash");
 var moment = require("moment");
 
 var models = exports;
-var id = 0;
+var id = 1;
 
 models.Network = function(attr) {
 	attr = attr || {};
@@ -56,3 +56,11 @@ models.Event = function(attr) {
 		type: ""
 	}));
 };
+
+models.Target = function(attr) {
+	attr = attr || {};
+	_.extend(this, _.defaults(attr, {
+		network: "",
+		channel: ""
+	}));
+};

lib/server.js

@@ -1,149 +1,130 @@
-var _ = require("lodash");
 var connect = require("connect");
+var models  = require("./models.js");
+var _   = require("lodash");
 var irc = require("irc");
-var io = require("socket.io");
+var io  = require("socket.io");
-var models = require("./models.js");
 
 exports.listen = listen;
 
-var sockets;
+var sockets = false;;
 var networks = [];
 
-addNetwork("Lobby", false);
+addToServer(
+	"NETWORK",
+	new models.Network({address: "Start"})
+);
 
 function listen(port) {
 	var http = connect()
 		.use(connect.static("client"))
 		.listen(port);
-	sockets = io.listen(http).sockets;
+	sockets = io
-	sockets.on("connection", function(socket) {
+		.listen(http)
-		init(socket);
+		.on("connection", initSocket)
-	});
+		.sockets;
 }
 
-function init(socket) {
+function initSocket(socket) {
+	socket.on("input", handleUserInput);
 	refresh();
-	socket.on(
+}
-		"input",
+
-		function(input) {
+function sendEvent(params) {
-			handleUserInput(input)
+	if (sockets) {
-		}
+		sockets.emit("event", new models.Event(params));
-	);
+	}
 }
 
 function refresh() {
-	if (typeof sockets === "undefined") {
+	sendEvent({action: "RENDER", type: "NETWORK", data: networks});
-		return;
-	}
-	sockets.emit("event", new models.Event({
-		action: "refresh",
-		data: networks
-	}));
 }
 
-function handleUserInput(input) {
+function addToServer(type, model, target) {
-	var text = input.text;
+	switch (type) {
-	var target = getChannel(input.id);
 	
-	if (text.charAt(0) != "/") {
+	case "NETWORK":
-		return addMessage(target, text);
+		var channel = new models.Channel({
-	} 
+			name: model.address,
+			type: "network"
+		});
 
-	var args = text.substr(1).split(" ");
+		model.channels.push(channel);
-	var cmd = args[0].toUpperCase();
+		networks.push(model);
 
-	switch (cmd) {
+		refresh();
-
-	case "SERVER":
-	case "CONNECT":
-		if (args[1]) {
-			addNetwork(args[1], true);
-		}
-		break;
-
-	case "JOIN":
-		if (args[1]) {
-			target.network.channels.push(
-				new models.Channel({
-					name: args[1]
-				})
-			);
-			refresh();
-		}
 		break;
 	
-	case "PART":
+	case "CHANNEL":
-		target.network.channels =
+		target.network.channels.push(model);
-			_.without(target.network.channels, target.channel);
 		refresh();
 		break;
 
-	default:
+	case "MESSAGE":
-		addMessage(
+		target.channel.messages
-			target,
+			.push(model);
-			"Command '/" + args[0] + "' does not exist."
+		sendEvent({
+			action: "RENDER",
+			type: "MESSAGE",
+			target: target.channel.id,
+			data: model
+		});
+		break;
+
+	}
+}
+
+function handleUserInput(input) {
+	var id = input.id;
+	var text = input.text;
+
+	var args = text.substr(1).split(' ');
+	var cmd = text.charAt(0) == "/" ? args[0].toUpperCase()
+		: "MESSAGE";
+	
+	var target = getTarget(id);
+
+	switch (cmd) {
+	
+	case "SERVER":
+	case "CONNECT":
+		addToServer(
+			"NETWORK",
+			new models.Network({address: args[1]})
 		);
 		break;
 	
-	}
+	case "JOIN":
-}
+		addToServer(
-
+			"CHANNEL",
-function addNetwork(addr, bool) {
+			new models.Channel({name: args[1]}),
-	bool = bool || false;
+			target
-
-	var chan = new models.Channel({
-		name: addr,
-		type: "network"
-	});
-	var network = new models.Network({
-		channels: [chan]
-	});
-
-	networks.push(network);
-	refresh();
-
-	if (addr == "Lobby") {
-		return;
-	}
-
-	network.client = new irc.Client(addr, "default_user");
-	network.client.addListener("raw", function() {
-		handleEvent(
-			network, arguments
 		);
-	});
+		break;
-}
+	
+	case "PART":
+		target.network.channels = _.reject(target.network.channels, {id: id});
+		refresh();
+		break;
 
-function handleEvent(network) {
+	case "MESSAGE":
-	var args = arguments;
+		addToServer(
-	var target = {
+			"MESSAGE", 
-		network: network,
+			new models.Message({text: input.text}),
-		channel: network.channels[0]
+			getTarget(id)
-	};
+		);
+		break;
 
-	console.log(args[1]);
+	}
-	addMessage(target, args[1][0].args);
+}
-}
+
-
+function getTarget(id) {
-function addMessage(target, text) {
+	var find;
-	var message = _.extend(new models.Message, {text: text});
+	_.each(networks, function(n) {
-	target.channel.messages.push(message);
+		find = {network: n, channel: _.findWhere(n.channels, {id: id})};
-	sockets.emit("event", new models.Event({
+		if (find.channel)
-		action: "add",
+			return;
-		type: "message",
+	});
-		target: target.channel.id,
+	if (find.channel) {
-		data: message
+		return new models.Target(find);
-	}));
-}
-
-function getChannel(id) {
-	for (var i = 0; i < networks.length; i++) {
-		var find = {
-			network: networks[i],
-			channel: _.findWhere(networks[i].channels, {id: id})
-		};
-		if (typeof find.channel !== "undefined") {
-			return find;
-		}
 	}
 }