/Server side code
var app = require('http').createServer(handler)
var io = require('socket.io')(app);
var fs = require('fs');

app.listen(80);

io.on('connection', function (socket) {
  socket.emit('news', { hello: 'world' });
  socket.on('my other event', function (data) {
        console.log(data);
  });
});

//Client Side code
var socket = io.connect();
socket.emit('my other event', {
     data : 'Hello'
});