Chapter 2. Getting Started with WebSockets
Client server communication is one of the most important parts of any web application. Data communication between the server and client has to be smooth and fast so that the user can have an excellent experience. If we look into the traditional methods of server communication, we will find that those methods were limited and were not really the best solutions. These methods have been used by people for a long period of time and made HTML the second choice for data communication.
Why WebSockets?
The answer to why we need WebSockets lies in the question—what are the problems with the other methods of communication? Some of the methods used for server communication are request/response, polling, and long-polling, ...
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