Recently, I've developed a React application that leverages socket.io to establish a connection with the Google Cloud Platform. However, upon running both the client and server components, an error is encountered in the client file:
Uncaught SyntaxError: Identifier 'socket' has already been declared
The peculiar aspect is that 'socket' is defined as a constant within a localized scope, not globally. Hence, this might not be the root cause of the failure.
Below is the snippet of code from client.js along with the project structure:
//connection to socket
const io = require('socket.io-client');
const socket = io.connect('http://localhost:1337');
// Rest of the code including configuration, recording functionality, interface setup, and more...
This represents the overall layout of the project:
publicFolder
assetsFolder
cssFolder
fontsFolder
jsFolder
client.1.js
client.js
socket.io.js
socket.io.js.map
index.html
serverFolder
app.js //this serves as the server component
src
components
App.js //main wrapper component
ComponentA.js
ComponentB.js
App.css
index.js
registerServiceWorker.js
.babelrc
webpack.config.js