Sending messages client->server->client on socket.io on node.js

Question

I\'m using NodeJS+Socket.IO for simple web game. It works. Why?

Here\'s my server.js

var app = require(\'express\').createServer();
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Answer 1

Server side

socket.on('updatePlayer', function(updatePlayer){
  console.log("Someone just moved on the map!")
  updatePlayer() // will trigger the client side function
});

Client side

socket.emit('updatePlayer', function(){
  console.log('testing');
})