integrating basic websocket

src/server.ts

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+import * as express from 'express';
+import * as http from 'http';
+import * as WebSocket from 'ws';
+
+const app = express();
+
+//initialize a simple http server
+const server = http.createServer(app);
+
+//initialize the WebSocket server instance
+const wss = new WebSocket.Server({ server });
+
+wss.on('connection', (ws: WebSocket) => {
+
+    //connection is up, let's add a simple simple event
+    ws.on('message', (message: string) => {
+
+        //log the received message and send it back to the client
+        console.log('received: %s', message);
+        ws.send(`Hello, you sent -> ${message}`);
+    });
+
+    //send immediatly a feedback to the incoming connection
+    ws.send('Hi there, I am a WebSocket server');
+});
+
+// start our server
+server.listen(process.env.PORT || 80, () => {
+    console.log(`Server started :)`);
+});
+
+app.get('/', (req, res) => {
+  res.send('Braid is running!\n');
+});