Introducing Websockets
The Websocket (WS) protocol is a new protocol that supports a bidirectional channel for communication between a server and a client. This protocol overcomes several serious shortcomings of the earlier HTTP communication method. It includes a full duplex, bidirectional communication channel between a server and client over TCP. The RFC 6455 (http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6455) provides a detailed specification of this protocol. The Websocket protocol was standardized about two years ago by Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) and since then has found several uses in real-time web apps (games, real-time chat, and more).
Websocket versus HTTP
The Websocket protocol also has some distinct advantages over HTTP, especially when ...
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