November 2013
Intermediate to advanced
148 pages
3h 12m
English
Networked services exist to do two things: connect endpoints and transmit information between them. No matter what kind of information is transmitted, a connection must first be made.
In this section, you’ll learn how to create socket-based services using Node.js. We’ll develop an example application that sends data to connected clients, then we’ll connect to this service using standard command-line tools. By the end, you’ll have a good idea of how Node does the client/server pattern.
TCP socket connections consist of two endpoints. One endpoint binds to a numbered port while the other endpoint connects to a port.
This is a lot like a telephone system. One phone binds a given phone ...
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