WebSockets with Node.js — Real-Time Apps
Build real-time applications with WebSockets. Learn Socket.io, ws library, and patterns for live communication.
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Build real-time applications with WebSockets. Learn Socket.io, ws library, and patterns for live communication.
Master Server-Sent Events for one-way server-to-client streaming. Perfect for notifications, live updates, and real-time data.
Build real-time applications in 2026: WebSocket chat with Socket.io, Server-Sent Events for live feeds, Pusher for serverless real-time, presence channels, and scaling with Redis adapter.
LiveKit provides WebRTC infrastructure for voice agents and video. Combine with OpenAI Realtime API to build voice AI agents that listen and respond in real time.
Multiple users editing simultaneously creates conflicts. CRDTs solve it with conflict-free merging. Learn Yjs, persistence, and scaling collaboration backends.
Redis Streams offer persistence, consumer groups, and ordering without Kafka''s operational burden. Perfect for real-time activity feeds and notifications at scale.
SSE is simpler than WebSockets: HTTP, auto-reconnect, one-way streaming. Perfect for dashboards, AI responses, and server→client updates. Learn when to use it.
Supabase handles authentication, realtime subscriptions, and row-level security. Learn production patterns: custom JWT claims, RLS policies, Edge Functions, and multi-environment deployments.
Socket.io doesn''t scale. Learn raw WebSocket patterns with ws, horizontal scaling via Redis pub/sub, and why Cloudflare Durable Objects might be your next architecture.