HTML5 WebSockets and Real-Time Tutorials and Resources

Tutorials

1. Real-Time Data And A More Personalized Web (Smashing Magazine | Apr 28, 2011)
2. A little fun with websockets (Frédéric Marcel Falliere’s site | Apr 25, 2011)
3. WebSockets, RIA/JS and WCF Web API at MIX, a whole lotta love for the web (CodeBetter.Com | Apr 24, 2011)
4. Getting Started With Websockets (Webtide Blogs | Apr 17, 2011)
5. WebSockets in 5 minutes (DZone: Giorgio Sironi | Apr 14, 2011)
6. Video, slides and source from my WebSockets talk (Jef Claes | Apr 7, 2011)
7. Methods of communication (HTML5 Doctor | Mar 21, 2011)
8. Getting your feet wet with node.js and socket.io – Part 1 (Adam Coffman | Feb 21, 2011)
9. Build Real-time Apps with Backbone.js, Node.js, Socket.io (&yet | Feb 15, 2011)
10. Five Signs You Need HTML5 WebSockets (SOA World Magazine | Jan 23, 2011)
11. What are good resources for learning HTML 5 WebSockets? (Stack Overflow | Nov 24, 2010)
12. Introducing HTML5 Web Sockets – taking bidirectional communication on the web tothe next level (Robert’s talk | Oct 22, 2010)
13. Introducing Web Sockets: Bringing Sockets to the Web (HTML5Rocks | Oct 20, 2010)
14. Start Using HTML5 WebSockets Today (Nettuts+ | Jul 28, 2010)
15. HTML 5 WebSockets – The Last Mile (Software Development Videos and Tutorials Directory | Sep 7, 2009)
16. The Dangers of HTML5: WebSockets and Stable Standards (HTMLGoodies | no date)
17. Comet Programming: Using Ajax to Simulate Server Push (webreference.com | no date)

Libraries

• ASP.NET Comet Ajax Library (Reverse Ajax – Server Push) (CodePlex Published Projects For Tag ASP.NET)
• NowJS for Node – Directly call remote functions in Javascript (nowjs.com)
• EasyWebSocket – a WebSocket client to broadcast messages to webpages (Jerome Etienne)
• Socket.IO: the cross-browser WebSocket for realtime apps. (socket.io)
• HookBox is a Comet server and message queue… (mcarter / github)

Related Libraries

• Tutti – Interactively run Javascript on multiple browsers (nowjs.com)
• nodechat.js – Using node.js, backbone.js, socket.io, and redis to make a real time chat app (fzysqr.com | February 28th, 2011)

Push Service Providers

ProgrammableWeb is a good source for real-time services.

• Beacon
• Kwwika
• PubNub
• Push Channels
• Pusher
• Ericsson Event Source API
• WebSync

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