Write the shims.server #14

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1. aurium

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   ooflorent

   on Aug 13, 2014
2. ooflorent commented on Aug 13, 2014

   

   ooflorent

   on Aug 13, 2014

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   I think we have a problem here.

   All games should be able to run without the sandbox... The current design makes things really complicated. Last year, every server-side game had to serve its files using http and fs.

   Here is a snippet from last year winning entry:

   var fs = require('fs');
   var app = require('http').createServer(handler),
       io = require('socket.io').listen(app);
   
   function handler(req, res) {
     fs.readFile(/* ... */);
     /* ... */
   }

   So, should we serve game files or let games do it?
   If we serve the files then the game will not be runnable in standalone...
3. aurium commented on Aug 13, 2014

   

   aurium

   on Aug 13, 2014

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   Well, we can consider this year the environment is not node itself, but this sandbox.

   I believe the sandbox-io may be called by require('socket.io') inside the sandbox, also the same to the http and any shimed module... but that was not planned before. :-/

   Can you implement it too on the sandboxer? So the sandbox and real node will not be so different.