WebSockets

Long-lived two-way connections.

2 subjects · 3 topics

Subjects covering this category

2 subjects
  • Subject · Beginner to Advanced

    Turning a product's requirements into a first design for a web system, and knowing what each part is there for.

    • Starting a Design
    • The Parts of a System
    • Moving Data Around
    11 topics · 100 cardsnot started
  • Subject · Beginner to Advanced

    Following a request from an application down through the network layers and back, and naming the layer where a network problem lives.

    • Getting a Packet There
    • Between Two Programs
    • Applications and Debugging
    11 topics · 106 cardsnot started

In WebSockets itself

3 topics
  • The OSI Model and Network Protocols

    How WebSocket, server-sent events and WebRTC keep a connection open, who may send on it, and how each one survives a drop.

    Beginner to Advanced10 cards · 6 qnot started

  • System Design

    Client-server communication: polling, server-sent events, WebSockets and webhooks, chosen by who sends and how often.

    Beginner to Intermediate10 cards · 5 qnot started

  • System Design

    System design heuristics: matching a pressure such as read-heavy traffic or global users to the pattern that answers it.

    Intermediate to Advanced7 cards · 5 qnot started