Interactive web-based terminal

Based on a project by EddyMens

https://github.com/EDDYMENS/interactive-terminal

Requirements:

• NodeJS >= v16 and NPM

Setup process

There are two parts to this, the frontend and backend, just like a typical web application.

To get the backend running use the following steps:

• cd into the project directory.
• Run npm install to pull in dependencies.
• Run node server.js to start the WebSocket the frontend will be connecting to. alernatively:
• Run nodemon server.js

Open http://localhost:3000/ in the browser.

The WebSocket port number is hard coded thus 6060. Feel free to change it in server.js Also, don't forget to update the WebSocket URL in index.js after.

There is also a complete tutorial detailing how different parts of the code work.
https://www.eddymens.com/blog/creating-a-browser-based-interactive-terminal-using-xtermjs-and-nodejs

TODO:

• [] Enable key combo detection (ctrl-c,etc)
• [] Enable arrow key usage.
• [] Enable tab for autocomplete.