Advanced Node and Express - Communicate by Emitting

client.js

$(document).ready(function () {
  /* Global io*/
  let socket = io();

  socket.on('user count', function (data) {
    console.log(data);
  });

  // Form submittion with new message in field with id 'm'
  $('form').submit(function () {
    let messageToSend = $('#m').val();
    // Send message to server here?
    $('#m').val('');
    return false; // Prevent form submit from refreshing page
  });
});

server.js

'use strict';
require('dotenv').config();
const express = require('express');
const myDB = require('./connection');
const fccTesting = require('./freeCodeCamp/fcctesting.js');
const session = require('express-session');
const passport = require('passport');
const routes = require('./routes');
const auth = require('./auth.js');

const app = express();
const http = require('http').createServer(app);
const io = require('socket.io')(http);

app.set('view engine', 'pug');

fccTesting(app); // For fCC testing purposes
app.use('/public', express.static(process.cwd() + '/public'));
app.use(express.json());
app.use(express.urlencoded({ extended: true }));

app.use(session({
  secret: process.env.SESSION_SECRET,
  resave: true,
  saveUninitialized: true,
  cookie: { secure: false },
}));

app.use(passport.initialize());
app.use(passport.session());

myDB(async (client) => {
  const myDataBase = await client.db('database').collection('users');

  routes(app, myDataBase);
  auth(app, myDataBase);

  let currentUsers = 0;
  io.on('connection', (socket) => {
    ++currentUsers;
    io.emit('user count', currentUsers);
    console.log('A user has connected');
  });
}).catch((e) => {
  app.route('/').get((req, res) => {
    res.render('pug', { title: e, message: 'Unable to login' });
  });
});

http.listen(process.env.PORT || 3000, () => {
  console.log('Listening on port ' + process.env.PORT);
});