Full-Stack React Projects - Second Edition

Integrating Socket.IO

Socket.IO will allow us to add the real-time bidding feature to auctions in the marketplace application. Socket.IO is a JavaScript library with a client-side module that runs in the browser and a server-side module that integrates with Node.js. Integrating these modules with our MERN-based application will enable bidirectional and real-time communication between the clients and the server.

The client-side part of Socket.IO is available as the Node module socket.io-client, while the server-side part is available as the Node module socket.io. You can learn more about Socket.IO and try their getting started tutorials at https://socket.io.

Before we can start using socket.io in our code, we will install the client and server ...