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• Create a Google Talk bot with Node.js Part Two March 1, 2013

  In part one of the tutorial you built a bot with Node.js that could connect to the Google Talk network and announce its presence to other users with a status message. The bot was also configured to listen for subscription requests from other users and automatically accept them. Now you are going to further enhance the bot with additional functionality and commands as you proceed through part two of the tutorial. Read more ⇒

• Create a Google Talk bot with Node.js: Part One February 6, 2013

  Programming a chat bot was once the domain of the hardcore hacker tapping packets as they passed over the wire from proprietary client applications to closed source servers, but not any more! With the open Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP) once closed networks are becoming accessible to the rest of us. I selected Google Talk as it is probably the most well known implementation of XMPP and it is easy and free to sign up for, but Windows Live Messenger, AIM and Skype all support it to some extent. Read more ⇒