title: Using socket.io standalone without node.js
body: <p>(JavaScript newbie)</p>
  
  <p>I am trying to build a JavaScript based client app that communicates with a server app over socket. I came across <a href="http://socket.io/">socket.io</a>. Is it possible to use socket.io without any node.js dependencies?</p>
  
  <p>I have cloned socket.io github and wrote a simple client html to connect to the server (Can post the code if required). But it does not connect to the server.</p>
  
  <p>(Background info: We need a simple config client utility that runs on Win32 that communicates with a custom server that supports socket communication with a custom packet-format protocol. Instead of going through the usual MFC/.NET, we think HTML/JS/CSS makes a better solution. For this purpose, I have considered the following options:</p>
  
  <ol>
  <li>Titanium: Works, but requires runtime to be installed</li>
  <li>HTML5 WebSocket: Not widely supported - works on Chrome but requires IE10</li>
  <li>socket.io: Trying to get it to work</li>
  <li>Any other?
  (Can post this question as separate thread, if necessary)
  )</li>
  </ol>