Ace Collab

Prerequisites

Make sure that you have installed:

• NodeJS (v8.10.0)
• npm (v3.5.2)

Usage

1. Install ace-collab as a dependency using npm:

npm install ace-collab

Editor

1. Import Editor from ace-collab:

import Editor from 'ace-collab'

2. Initialize new Editor instance:

const editorConfig = {
  anchorDOM: document.querySelector('#editor'),
  mode: 'ace/mode/csharp',
  theme: 'ace/theme/monokai',
}

const editor = new Editor(editorConfig)

3. Initialize new collab session by using init method:

const serverConfig = {
  docId: '', // Provide empty if want to create new session, provide value if want to join existing one
  host: '127.0.0.1',
  port: '3333',
  username: 'John Doe',
  ssl: false,
}
const readOnly = false // if set to true, only admin will be able to modify the code

editor.init(serverConfig, readOnly);

Server

1. Import and run startServer function from ace-collab:

import startServer from 'ace-collab/lib/server'

const serverConfig = {
  allowedOrigins: [], // Provide empty if want to allow entrance for every host, provide string values if want to allow only few
  host: '0.0.0.0',
  port: 3333,
}

startServer(serverConfig)