For the More Curious: WebSockets as a Service

If you are interested in a real-time platform as a service, you may want to look into firebase (www.firebase.com). If socket.io tries to make writing your server simpler, firebase goes one step further: It provides the entire server for you, including mechanisms for clients to share and synchronize data. firebase provides solutions for web, iOS, and Android.

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