52 Weeks of Code - Week 5 - Ruby - Server

#!/usr/bin/env ruby
# Program: Hello_World.srv.rb
# Code adapted from Clinton, J. (2008). Ruby phrasebook. New York, NT: Addison-Wesley Professional.

require 'socket'

server = TCPServer.open(10080)  # Socket to listen on port 10080
loop {                         # Servers run forever
  client = server.accept       # Wait for a client to connect
  puts "Client has connected!"
  client.puts "You are connecting from:"
  client.puts client.peeraddr[2]
  puts "Sending greeting...."
  client.puts "Hello World!"  # Send the greeting to the client
  client.puts "Closing the connection. Bye!"
  client.close                 # Disconnect from the client
}