title: WebSocket server list
body: <p>I am looking to start a HTML5 WebSockets project and I was just wondering what you think the best back-end would be for that sort of thing? So far in my research I've stumbled across the following:</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li><a href="http://code.google.com/p/phpwebsocket/">PHP Back-end</a> (apparently a "Hack" and only compatible with Chrome and webkit nightlies)</li>
  <li><a href="http://jwebsocket.org/">Java Back-end</a> (Seems well documented and cross-browser compatible)</li>
  <li><a href="https://github.com/gimite/web-socket-ruby">Ruby Back-end</a> (Don't know much about ruby, any opinions?)</li>
  <li><a href="https://github.com/LearnBoost/Socket.IO-node">JavaScript Library</a> (Seems like it would be a nightmare, any opinions?)</li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>Does anyone know of any other options or have an opinion on the above? My only requirements are ease of set-up and easy back end programmibility for bidirectional communication. I would essentially like to access a database through WebSockets and am looking for the easiest way to do this. Any feedback would be appreciated.</p>