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Node.js: Real-Time Web with Socket.IO

Node.js: Real-Time Web with Socket.IO
MP4 | Video: 720p | Duration: 1:24:00 | English | Subtitles: VTT | 219.8 MB
Are you interested in building your own real-time web application, but unsure of how to get started? If so, this course can help by providing you with an overview of Socket.IO-a web library that enables real-time bidirectional event-based communication-and explaining how to use it to build a chat app with multiple rooms. Emmanuel Henri demonstrates how to create a server with Express and Socket.IO, code your front-end HTML, and create a chat with the emit function. He also covers how to add a namespace, code a new room within the namespace, and set up multiple rooms for your users.

Topics include:
Coding the initial Express and Socket.IO serverCoding front-end HTMLCreating a chat with the emit functionSetting up multiple roomsCoding new rooms within the namespaceSetting up the Debug toolEmit cheatsheet

Websockets are one of the coolest

things to hit the web in ages. They allow the browser real-time communication bridging one of the last gaps in both human and web-based communication. Socket io is the king library that uses websockets under the hood. There’s a good chance if you’re reading this, you’ve heard about socket io. Maybe even done a tutorial on it. But how far did you get? In my experience, the vast majority of the material on the web goes no farther than a quick-start, instant chat app. You don’t learn how anything works, never look at the docs, and are stuck at the end wondering what to do now. The remaining shred of material is waaaaay over everyone’s head. The fact that the websocket API was standardized in 2011 and most developers still don’t know how to use it is evidence of the gap.

This course is meant to alleviate that!

It is not a quick start guide to socket.IO. There are loads of those all over the Internet. You should definitely look elsewhere if you are wanting a 10 minute intro to the 3-4 things you need to know to make something quick. On the other hand, if you are looking to really learn one of the most awesome JavaScript libraries in socket io, you should stick around. Like Express and other JavaScript/

Node pieces,  it’s getting passed over in the wave to learn just enough to get to the term

“full-stack developer.” My main goal is to help you figure out how to go from being a

good developer to a great developer. Understanding… not just knowing

a few methods… of socketio is part of that! It even trancends the browser and node

with implementations in most other languages, and even mobile.

This means as you grow, you have the power of sockets without having to learn more than the socket io library.

I first used socket.IO in 2013 for a tiny company directory app. I’ve been following since and have

been frustrated that it hasn’t gotten more mainstream notice because it opens the

way for so many improvements to existing applications and obvious groundwork for new ones.

Let’s change that 🙂 Prepare to for a detailed look at socketio and websockets and start going real-time.