improved loader and reconnect behavior

js/appcommon.js

@@ -116,14 +116,28 @@ $._loader = function (vis) {
   $('#loader').toggleClass('show', vis)
 }
 
+let pageShown = false
 // reveal content on load
 function showPage () {
+  pageShown = true
   $('#content').addClass('load')
 }
 
 // Auto reveal pages other than the terminal (sets window.noAutoShow)
 $.ready(function () {
-  if (window.noAutoShow !== true) {
+  if (window.noAutoShow === true) {
+    setTimeout(function () {
+      if (!pageShown) {
+        let bnr = mk('P')
+        bnr.id = 'load-failed'
+        bnr.innerHTML =
+          'Server connection failed! Trying again' +
+          '<span class="anim-dots" style="width:1.5em;text-align:left;display:inline-block">.</span>'
+        qs('#screen').appendChild(bnr)
+        showPage()
+      }
+    }, 2000)
+  } else {
     setTimeout(function () {
       showPage()
     }, 1)

js/term.js

@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@ window.termInit = function ({ labels, theme, allFn }) {
   const termUpload = TermUpl(conn, input, screen)
   screen.input = input
 
-  conn.on('open', () => { screen.window.statusScreen = null })
+  conn.on('open', () => { screen.window.statusScreen = { title: 'Connecting', loading: true } })
-  conn.on('connect', () => { screen.window.statusScreen = { title: 'Connecting', loading: true } })
+  conn.on('connect', () => { screen.window.statusScreen = null })
-  conn.on('close', () => { screen.window.statusScreen = { title: 'Disconnected' } })
+  conn.on('disconnect', () => { screen.window.statusScreen = { title: 'Disconnected' } })
-  conn.on('ping', () => { screen.window.statusScreen = { title: 'Disconnected', loading: true } })
+  conn.on('silence', () => { screen.window.statusScreen = { title: 'Waiting for server', loading: true } })
-  conn.on('ping-fail', () => { screen.window.statusScreen = { title: 'Disconnected' } })
+  // conn.on('ping-fail', () => { screen.window.statusScreen = { title: 'Disconnected' } })
-  conn.on('ping-success', () => { screen.window.statusScreen = { title: 'Reloading', loading: true } })
+  conn.on('ping-success', () => { screen.window.statusScreen = { title: 'Re-connecting', loading: true } })
 
   conn.init()
   input.init({ allFn })

js/term_conn.js

@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ window.Conn = class TermConnection extends EventEmitter {
     this.pingInterval = null
     this.xoff = false
     this.autoXoffTimeout = null
-    this.reconTimeout = null
+    this.reconnTimeout = null
+    this.forceClosing = false
 
     this.pageShown = false
   }
@@ -19,22 +20,26 @@ window.Conn = class TermConnection extends EventEmitter {
     this.heartbeat()
     this.send('i')
 
-    this.emit('open')
+    this.emit('connect')
   }
 
   onWSClose (evt) {
+    if (this.forceClosing) return
     console.warn('SOCKET CLOSED, code ' + evt.code + '. Reconnecting...')
-    clearTimeout(this.reconTimeout)
+    if (evt.code < 1000) {
-    this.reconTimeout = setTimeout(() => this.init(), 2000)
+      console.error('Bad code from socket!')
-    // this happens when the buffer gets fucked up via invalid unicode.
+      // this sometimes happens for unknown reasons, code < 1000 is invalid
-    // we basically use polling instead of socket then
+      location.reload()
+    }
 
-    this.emit('close', evt.code)
+    clearTimeout(this.reconnTimeout)
+    this.reconnTimeout = setTimeout(() => this.init(), 2000)
+
+    this.emit('disconnect', evt.code)
   }
 
   onWSMessage (evt) {
     try {
-      // . = heartbeat
       switch (evt.data.charAt(0)) {
         case '.':
           // heartbeat, no-op message
@@ -99,10 +104,20 @@ window.Conn = class TermConnection extends EventEmitter {
     return true
   }
 
+  /** Safely close the socket */
+  closeSocket () {
+    if (this.ws) {
+      this.forceClosing = true
+      this.ws.close()
+      this.forceClosing = false
+      this.ws = null
+    }
+  }
+
   init () {
     if (window._demo) {
       if (typeof window.demoInterface === 'undefined') {
-        alert('Demoing non-demo demo!') // this will catch mistakes when deploying to the website
+        alert('Demoing non-demo build!') // this will catch mistakes when deploying to the website
       } else {
         demoInterface.init(screen)
         showPage()
@@ -110,9 +125,11 @@ window.Conn = class TermConnection extends EventEmitter {
       return
     }
 
-    clearTimeout(this.reconTimeout)
+    clearTimeout(this.reconnTimeout)
     clearTimeout(this.heartbeatTimeout)
 
+    this.closeSocket()
+
     this.ws = new WebSocket('ws://' + _root + '/term/update.ws')
     this.ws.addEventListener('open', (...args) => this.onWSOpen(...args))
     this.ws.addEventListener('close', (...args) => this.onWSClose(...args))
@@ -120,7 +137,7 @@ window.Conn = class TermConnection extends EventEmitter {
     console.log('Opening socket.')
     this.heartbeat()
 
-    this.emit('connect')
+    this.emit('open')
   }
 
   heartbeat () {
@@ -129,20 +146,25 @@ window.Conn = class TermConnection extends EventEmitter {
   }
 
   onHeartbeatFail () {
+    this.closeSocket()
+    this.emit('silence')
     console.error('Heartbeat lost, probing server...')
     clearInterval(this.pingInterval)
+
     this.pingInterval = setInterval(() => {
       console.log('> ping')
       this.emit('ping')
       $.get('http://' + _root + '/system/ping', (resp, status) => {
         if (status === 200) {
           clearInterval(this.pingInterval)
-          console.info('Server ready, reloading page...')
+          console.info('Server ready, opening socket…')
           this.emit('ping-success')
-          location.reload()
+          this.init()
+          // location.reload()
         } else this.emit('ping-fail', status)
       }, {
-        timeout: 100
+        timeout: 100,
+        loader: false // we have loader on-screen
       })
     }, 1000)
   }

js/term_screen.js

@@ -72,6 +72,8 @@ window.TermScreen = class TermScreen extends EventEmitter {
 
     this._debug = null
 
+    this.contentLoaded = false
+
     this.canvas = mk('canvas')
     this.ctx = this.canvas.getContext('2d')
 
@@ -1136,16 +1138,16 @@ window.TermScreen = class TermScreen extends EventEmitter {
     ctx.setTransform(devicePixelRatio, 0, 0, devicePixelRatio, 0, 0)
     ctx.clearRect(0, 0, screenWidth, screenHeight)
 
-    ctx.font = `40px ${fontFamily}`
+    ctx.font = `24px ${fontFamily}`
     ctx.fillStyle = '#fff'
     ctx.textAlign = 'center'
     ctx.textBaseline = 'middle'
-    ctx.fillText(statusScreen.title || '', screenWidth / 2, screenHeight / 2 - 20)
+    ctx.fillText(statusScreen.title || '', screenWidth / 2, screenHeight / 2 - 50)
 
     if (statusScreen.loading) {
       // show loading spinner
       ctx.save()
-      ctx.translate(screenWidth / 2, screenHeight / 2 + 50)
+      ctx.translate(screenWidth / 2, screenHeight / 2 + 20)
 
       ctx.strokeStyle = '#fff'
       ctx.lineWidth = 5
@@ -1194,6 +1196,12 @@ window.TermScreen = class TermScreen extends EventEmitter {
     // Uncomment to capture screen content for the demo page
     // console.log(JSON.stringify(`S${str}`))
 
+    if (!this.contentLoaded) {
+      let errmsg = qs('#load-failed')
+      if (errmsg) errmsg.parentNode.removeChild(errmsg)
+      this.contentLoaded = true
+    }
+
     // window size
     const newHeight = parse2B(str, i)
     const newWidth = parse2B(str, i + 2)

sass/pages/_term.scss

@@ -85,6 +85,13 @@ body.term {
 	}
 }
 
+#load-failed {
+	color: red;
+	font-size: 18px;
+	font-weight: bold;
+	margin: 10px 5px 14px 5px;
+}
+
 #term-nav {
 	padding-top: 1.5em;
 	text-align: center;