Chapter 1Real-Time is Now
Users have higher demands than ever before. It’s no longer good enough to have fast requests that complete in 100 ms or less. Today’s software users expect the data on their screen to reflect now, even before they ask for it. You will win your users’ trust by giving them a seamless application experience powered by real-time features.
Building a system that provides this real-time data flow and feedback was previously a challenging endeavor that involved trade-offs in either application development, maintenance, or run time. These trade-offs can now be reduced due to modern advances in real-time application development. This means that developing a real-time application is now in the hands of everyday developers—you ...
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