Rob Dodson • 6/6/2012

Building a Countdown Timer with Socket.io pt. 2

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This article is part two of a series on building a countdown timer with Socket.io. It details how to create a Stopwatch model by extending Node.js's EventEmitter, correctly adding methods to the prototype, and handling tick events. The tutorial includes code examples and explains common pitfalls in JavaScript inheritance.

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