thrift/lib/nodejs/examples/README.md

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# Running the user example

#Generate the bindings:
../../../compiler/cpp/thrift --gen js:node user.thrift

#To run the user example, first start up the server in one terminal:
NODE_PATH=../lib:../lib/thrift node server.js

#Now run the client:
NODE_PATH=../lib:../lib/thrift node client.js

#For an example using JavaScript in the browser to connect to 
#a node.js server look at hello.html, hello.js and hello.thrift