Getting Started With Node.js and WebSockets
Let’s make a chat playground
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5 min readFeb 24, 2020
WebSockets are the edgy younger sibling of http. They let you maintain an open connection for real time updates. Let’s make a simple chatroom that just displays messages from users. To keep this short, I won’t go into much besides the implementation, so if you need background info check out this explanation.