Learn how to set-up a Spacebrew server on your local computer in five short steps.

1. running
your
own
server

3. SUPPORTS DESIGN PROCESS THAT RELIES ON
PROTOT YPING AND LEARNING THROUGH MAKING.
AB L E TO E XPAN D TO H AN DL E G ROWIN G
E C O S YS T E M O F H A R DWA R E A N D S O F T WA R E .
D E S I G N E D F O R P RO J E C T S T H AT I N VO LV E
CHOREOGRAPHING INTERACTIVE COMPONENTS.

4. CLIENT-SERVER MODEL
client
app
client
app
client
app
client
app
APPS C AN FEATURE ONE OR MULTIPLE
PUBLISHERS, AND SUBSCRIBERS.

5. STANDARD DATA T YPES
T RU E O R FA L S E VA LU E S
I N T E G E R VA LU E S B E T W E E N 0 - 10 2 3
TEXT STRINGS

6. SWITCHBOARD FOR ROUTING

7. EXISTING LIBRARIES
JS
WEBSOCKET-BASED AND EASY TO EXTEND

8. LOCAL OR REMOTE SERVER

9. OPEN SOURCE

11. WORKSHOP
RUNNIN G A LOC AL SPACE B RE W SE RV E R

12. 5-STEPS
ONE.
INSTALL NODE.JS
T WO.
D OWN LOAD SPACE B R E W SE RV E R
THREE.
FOUR.
FIVE.
INSTALL NODE MODULES
RUN SPACE B R E W SE RV E R
CONNECT STUFF

13. ONE.
INSTALL NODE.JS
A. DOWNLOAD FROM NODEJS.ORG
B. INS TAL L PAC KAGE

14. T WO.
D OWN LOAD SPACE B R E W SE RV E R
DOWNLOAD ZIP FILE FROM
GITHUB.COM/SPACEBREW/SPACEBREW
OR
CLONE REPO FROM COMMAND LINE
$ git clone https://git hub.com/Spacebrew/spacebrew.git

15. THREE.
INSTALL NODE MODULES
A. OPEN TERMINAL OR OTHER COMMAND LINE APP
B. N AV I GAT E TO S PAC E B R E W F O L D E R
C. IN S TAL L N OD E PAC KAG E D M OD UL E S ( N PM ) D E PE N D E N CIE S
WEBSOCKETS: $
npm
FOREVER-MONITOR: $
install
npm
ws
install
forever-monitor

16. FOUR.
RUN SPACE B R E W SE RV E R
A . L AUN C H S PACE B R E W WIT H T E R M IN AL COM M AN D
$
node
node_server_forever.js
B. FIND YOUR IP ADDRESS
$
ifconfig

17. FIVE.
CONNECT STUFF
Graph:
http://labatrockwell.github.io/
spacebrew-javascript-wildstyleexamples/spacebrew_graph/
index.html?server=YOUR_IP_HERE
Slider:
spacebrew.github.io/spacebrew/
admin/admin.html?
server=YOUR_IP_HERE
Slider:
http://julioterra.github.io/
spacebrew-slider-with-admin/
index.html?server=YOUR_IP_HERE

18. MORE.
SPACE B R E W OPT ION S
--port
(-p):
set
--help
(-h):
print
--log
(-l):
sets
--loglevel:
set
--nopersist:
--persist:
--ping:
--noping:
--close
--timeout
before
on
to
to
to
of
info,
server
(default
9000)
find
level
debug,
persist
persist
warn,
error
functionality
functionality
disconnected
disconnected
clients
--ping
interval
in
close
minimum
closing
info
live
live
force
(-t):
force
off
spacebrew
text
logging
opposite
(-c):
help
clients
--pinginterval:
for
logging
turns
turns
ping
port
ms
between
clients
number
of
that
ms
to
pings
don't
wait
respond
for
to
pings
response
pong

19. MORE.
FRAMEWORKS AND LIBRARIES
JAVA S C R I P T
spacebrew.js
PROCESSING
Spacebrew-P5
library
OPEN FRAMEWORKS
ofxSpacebrew
addon
git hub.com/Spacebrew/spacebrew.js
processing.org
github.com/Spacebrew/spacebrewP5
openframeworks.cc
github.com/Spacebrew/ofxSpacebrew
PYTHON
pyspacebrew
python,org
library
github.com/Spacebrew/pySpacebrew
ARDUINO YUN
arduino.cc

20. KEEP BREWING
JOIN OUR GOOGLE GROUP AND TELL US
ABOUT YOUR PROJECTS
HTTPS://GROUPS.GOOGLE.COM/D/
FORUM/SPACEBREW-CC