These are the steps to setup an Ubuntu server from scratch and deploy a MERN app with the PM2 process manager and Nginx. We are using Linode, but you could just as well use a different cloud provider or your own machine or VM.
Create an account at Linode
Click on Create Linode
Choose your server options (OS, region, etc)
| // sending to sender-client only | |
| socket.emit('message', "this is a test"); | |
| // sending to all clients, include sender | |
| io.emit('message', "this is a test"); | |
| // sending to all clients except sender | |
| socket.broadcast.emit('message', "this is a test"); | |
| // sending to all clients in 'game' room(channel) except sender |