Channel Clients
Any networked device can be used to connect to Channels. Languages that have a WebSocket or HTTP client (for long polling) are easiest to get started with. There are official and unofficial clients that work out-of-the-box with Channels, and these clients can certainly make the task easier for us. A list of client libraries[26] is maintained in the Phoenix Channel documentation. It’s a good idea to look at this list if you are getting started with a project in a language other than JavaScript, since writing a client from scratch is a decently large endeavor.
In this section, we’ll be looking at the official Phoenix Channel client. We’ll use JavaScript in our browsers to interact with our Channels. We’ll be able to send and receive ...
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