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Programming Elm
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Programming Elm

by Jeremy Fairbank
July 2019
Intermediate to advanced
310 pages
7h 26m
English
Pragmatic Bookshelf
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Chapter 5Go Real-Time with WebSockets

In the previous chapter, you learned how to interact with servers by fetching JSON data from an HTTP API. This was an important step in creating a real-world application that can use data from remote sources. You also discovered the importance of safely converting JSON data into static types via JSON decoders.

Front-end applications are becoming increasingly real-time as well. Chat apps, stock tickers, and social media timelines depend on never-ending streams of data to stay current. Polling mechanisms and HTTP APIs cannot adequately satisfy these needs, so you need a different tool known as the WebSocket.

In this chapter, you will update the Picshare application to accept a stream of photos in real time ...

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