Web Sockets - Usage Scenarios
WebSockets provide a mechanism for fast, secure two-way communication between a client and a server over the web using HTTP(S). WebSockets is a good choice over HTTP in usage scenarios where the following attributes are required - * Fast Reaction Time * Ongoing Updates * Ad-hoc or “fire and forget” Messaging * High-Frequency Messaging with Small Payloads Some typical usage scenarios are : * Location-based apps * Collaborative editing/coding * Financial tickers * Sports updates - Football scores from the previous week’s game are highly cacheable because they are stable and unlikely to change, so HTTP would be a good fit. Football scores from a game in progress, however, are likely to change frequently. In that case, the resource is not highly cacheable, so a WebSocket becomes the better fit. * Multimedia chat * Multiplayer games * Collaborative drawing on a digital communal chalkboard * Clickstream data - to track user interactions on a website A high level compari...