This example shows how jquery ui autocomplete can work with a node.js socket connection.

1. Node.js
2. npm
3. mongodb

If you are a mac user and need additional information on how to install the dependencies, just have a look on http://inspirationlabs.com/blog/installing-nodejs-npm-and-mongodb-macosx-lion.

1. Check out this repository
2. Open the terminal
3. Change into the checkd out directory
4. npm install ( Install the required dependencies )
5. node app.js

To generate some data, just open your browser and enter http://localhost:3000/create .

You will be redirected to the main page and see the input field. The names Dominic, Heinz and Lorem are created by the /create script.

After that you should only open http://localhost:3000 to have a look at this demo application.