updated deps, better error handling, compression

ws.js

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+#!/usr/bin/env node 
+var connect = require("connect"),
+    http = require("http"),
+    Thing = require("nature").Thing;
+
+function red(txt){ return "\x1b[31m" + txt + "\x1b[0m"; }
+function green(txt){ return "\x1b[32m" + txt + "\x1b[0m"; }
+function halt(message){
+    console.log(red("Error ") + message);
+    console.log(usage);
+    process.exit(1);
+}
+
+var usage = "usage: ws [--port|-p <port>] [--log-format|-f dev|default|short|tiny]";
+var options = new Thing()
+    .define({ name: "port", alias: "p", type: "number", defaultOption: true, default: 8000 })
+    .define({ name: "log-format", alias: "f", type: "string", default: "dev" })
+    .define({ name: "help", alias: "h", type: "boolean" })
+    .on("error", function(err){
+        halt(err.message);
+    })
+    .set(process.argv);
+
+if (!options.valid){
+    halt(options.validationMessages)
+
+} else if (options.help){
+    console.log(usage);
+
+} else {
+    /**
+    customised connect.logger :date token, purely to satisfy Logstalgia. 
+    */
+    connect.logger.token('date', function(req, res){ 
+        var a = new Date();
+        return (a.getDate() + "/" + a.getUTCMonth() + "/" + a.getFullYear() + ":" + a.toTimeString())
+                .replace("GMT", "").replace(" (BST)", "");
+    });
+
+    var app = connect()
+        .use(connect.logger(options["log-format"]))
+        .use(connect.compress())
+        .use(connect.static(process.cwd()))
+        .use(connect.directory(process.cwd(), { icons: true }));
+        
+    http.createServer(app)
+        .on("error", function(err){
+            if (err.code === "EADDRINUSE"){
+                halt("port " + options.port + " is already is use")
+            } else {
+                halt(err.message);
+            }
+        })
+        .listen(options.port);
+
+    process.stderr.write("serving at http://localhost:" + options.port + "\n");
+}