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Table B-1. Servers Used in this Guide

Server Description Where you can get it Used in

Chapters

http://activemq.
apache.org

Apache
ActiveMQ

A popular open source message
broker with support for
messaging APIs and protocols,
like JMS (Java Message Service)
and STOMP (Simple or Streaming
Text Oriented Messaging
Protocol).

5 and 7

http://github.com/
dhruvbird/node-
xmpp-bosh

node-xmpp-
bosh

An open source server written by
Dhruv Matani that enables XMPP
connections over BOSH and
WebSocket to any XMPP server.
The server is implemented in
JavaScript using Node.js.

4

http://www.
igniterealtime.org/
projects/openfire

Openfire An open source RTC (real-time

collaboration) server with support
for XMPP (Extensible Messaging
and Presence Protocol).

4

http://tightvnc.com TightVNC TightVNC is a cross-platform,

open source VNC server.

6

Websocket.org A publicly hosted WebSocket
server with a simple Echo Service
for testing and learning about
WebSocket.

http://www.
websocket.org

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Table B-2. Libraries and Other Tools Used in this Guide
Library/Tool Description Where you can get it Used in Chapters

http://jquery.com jQuery 1.8.2 A widely popular and

commonly used open
source JavaScript library
simplifying cross-browser
web development.

5

http://nodejs.org Node.js A popular open source server

for writing applications in
JavaScript. Node.js is based on
Google Chrome's performant
open source V8 JavaScript
with support for event-driven
asynchronous I/O operations.

3 and 6

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