The following modules will be available server side.

• Node.js - NodeJs is used for all server side functionality.
• Express - Express is used as the base framework as far as middleware.
• MongoDB/Mongoose - Mongo will be used as the major persistence mechanism and Mogoose will be used as the primary framework/interface to interact with Mongo.
• [Socket.io] (https://github.com/LearnBoost/socket.io) - Socket.Io will be used as the base framework for WebSocket interaction.
• [Async] (https://github.com/caolan/async) - Async will be used to allow definition of asynchronous code.
• [EJS] (https://github.com/visionmedia/ejs)- EJS along with [EJS-Locals] (https://github.com/randometc/ejs-locals) and [View Helpers] (https://github.com/madhums/node-view-helpers) - Will be used for server-side templating.
• [Winston] (https://github.com/flatiron/winston) - Winston will be used for logging.