Synchronize gitter and IRC

gitter (https://gitter.im/) is like chat for GitHub and IRC (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Relay_Chat)
is a very old and efficient way to communicate with text. The usage of IRC is very powerful and the suitable tool if you
are a person who lives in the terminal. gitter has a nice user interface, it's easier to use (just sign with your
github credentials and you are ready) and saves your chat history.

Learn in this talk how you can take synchronize message either written in IRC or gitter - it doesn't matter which
tool you use.

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1. Synchronize
   gitter and IRC
   

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2. gitter and IRC
   gitter is like chat for GitHub
   and IRC is a very old and
   efficient way to communicate
   with text.
   

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3. Demo time
   Just let you show something ..
   

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4. Prior conditions
   Create heroku profile, and get
   gitterbot api token from https://
   developer.gitter.im/apps.
   

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5. Get the code
   Go to https://github.com/finnp/
   gitter-irc-bot and click on
   deploy to heroku.
   

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6. Saving credentials
   var opts = {
   ircServer: "irc.freenode.net",
   ircChannel: "#padrino",
   ircNick: "padrinobot",
   ircAdmin: "wikimatze",
   ircOpts: getIrcOpts(),
   gitterApiKey: "",
   gitterRoom: "padrino/padrino-framework"
   }
   

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7. Hosting on uberspace
   uberspace is a German based
   hosting company where you
   decide what you want to pay.
   $ ssh fomalhaut.uberspace.de -l padrino
   [padrino@fomalhaut ~]$ git clone https://github.com/vimberlin/vimberlinbot.git
   [padrino@fomalhaut ~]$ cd vimberlinbot && ./bin.js
   

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8. Creating a permanent
   bot as a daemon
   You need to create a daemon
   https://wiki.uberspace.de/
   system:daemontools)
   [padrino@fomalhaut ~]$ test -d ~/service || uberspace-setup-svscan
   Creating the /etc/run-svscan-padrino/run script
   Symlinking /etc/run-svscan-padrino to /service/svscan-padrino to start the service
   Waiting for the service to start ... 1 2 3 4 5 started!
   Congratulations - your personal ~/service directory is now ready to use!
   

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9. Create a service
   [padrino@fomalhaut service]$ uberspace-setup-service vimberlinservice npm start
   Creating the ~/etc/run-vimberlinservice/run service run script
   Creating the ~/etc/run-vimberlinservice/log/run logging run script
   Symlinking ~/etc/run-vimberlinservice to ~/service/vimberlinservice to start the service
   Waiting for the service to start ... 1 2 3 started!
   Congratulations - the ~/service/vimberlinservice service is now ready to use!
   To control your service you'll need the svc command (hint: svc = service control):
   

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10. Edit the job
    [padrino@fomalhaut]$ vim
    ~/service/
    vimberlinservice/run
    #!/bin/sh
    # These environment variables are sometimes needed by the running daemons
    export USER=padrino
    export HOME=/home/padrino
    # Include the user-specific profile
    source $HOME/.bash_profile
    # Now let's go!
    cd /home/padrino/vimberlinbot && exec /usr/local/bin/npm start
    

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11. Start the service:
    [padrino@fomalhaut]$ svc -u ~/service/vimberlinservice
    

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12. Delete the daemon
    [padrino@fomalhaut]$ cd ~/service/vimberlinservice
    [padrino@fomalhaut service]$ rm ~/service/vimberlinservice
    [padrino@fomalhaut service]$ svc -dx . log
    [padrino@fomalhaut service]$ rm -rf ~/etc/run-vimberlinservice
    

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13. Who am I
    @wikimatze
    writing @padrinobook
    running @vimberlin
    updating @padrinorb
    and …
    

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14. One last thing
    

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