Punters Private Messaging

At punters we decided to add in a private messaging feature for the users. For this feature to be useful, it needed to be real time. We used pusher to achieve this.

This project came together a lot faster than I anticipated. I worked on the front-end, accessing an API endpoint for the first set of data, then as the users used the feature we would be sending and receiving information from pusher. I also had to remember to send the data back to the api, so that the message history would remain visible after closing the chat.

screen shot of Punters private message feature at the time of development

Key Project Deliverables

Instant user feedback
Real time intergration
Browser support for IE9+