WebSocket Protocol Explained

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[Lord_Omni]

Images are good, but proper way to say it: usually server can not send you anything unless you make request. With web socket you make request, connection opens and actively keeps alive by both participants, so server can send you anything anytime.

[sasd]

Man these shorts are awesome, are they part of any long video?

[rusirumunasingha]

Gonna use this for my note syncing app

[gokukakarot]

It also adds overhead coz of extra headers and connections need to be tracked and restablished I guess .

[shellohd]

Make it long video, dive in websocket tech

[deathbombs]

Instead of web socket, can't users just use peer2peer protocol? Or push using webhooks

[vijayrohra]

How to send extra headers in websockets request?

[TheMindsMantra]

Is there any limit for sockets? For building a large chat application.

[daruiraikage]

ao why dont we just use this all the time, whats the down side?

[vladimirrus]

The topic is not fully covered. This was exist before HTTP and called Sockets. So the question is: Why you should use WebSockets instead of regular Sockets?