Develop and deploy your first secure and scalable real-time web application Overview Start real-time communication in your web applications Create a feature-rich WebSocket chat application Learn the step-by-step configuration of the server and clients In Detail WebSockets are capable of bi-directional, full-duplex communication over a persistent TCP connection They provide many benefits compared to the alternatives (for example, long-polling or Comet), such as lower overhead, persistent connections, and low latency. In short, it is the most technically challenging HTML5 feature to implement, but for truly interactive websites, it's a technology worth learning. Getting Started with HTML5 WebSocket Programming gives you the true power of bi-direction...