Creating web client with Strophe.js
In this recipe, we will learn how to use web technologies to create a web-based XMPP client. I will demonstrate the use of the popular JavaScript library StropheJS to create a basic web client and connect to the XMPP server.
Strophe is a collection of libraries that can be used to communicate with the XMPP server. It contains libstrophe, which is a C-based implementation of XMPP client functionalities, and Strophe.js, which is a JavaScript implementation. Strophe provides core XMPP client functionality and can be extended with custom modules. The community has contributed various extensions to support additional XMPP functions.
With a limit on page count, I will focus on a simple demo of Strophe.js where we download the code and modify an example to connect with our XMPP server.
Getting ready
You will need the XMPP server installed and running. You can also use public XMPP servers, but make sure that you register with them and obtain your username (JID) and...
