WebSockets and Node.js - testing WS and SockJS by building a web app

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  • Next we add a reference to a style sheet, and an index.js file that we're adding as an ES Module (using type="module"). You can find the contents of ‘style.css’ in this demo’s GitHub repo.

  • sockjs-client

    WebSocket emulation - Javascript client

  • SockJS is a library that mimics the native WebSockets API. Additionally, it will fall back to HTTP whenever a WebSocket fails to connect, or if the browser being used doesn’t support WebSockets. Like WS, SockJS requires a server counterpart; its maintainers provide both a JavaScript client library and a Node.js server library.

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  • SockJS

    WebSocket emulation - Node.js server

  • SockJS is a library that mimics the native WebSockets API. Additionally, it will fall back to HTTP whenever a WebSocket fails to connect, or if the browser being used doesn’t support WebSockets. Like WS, SockJS requires a server counterpart; its maintainers provide both a JavaScript client library and a Node.js server library.

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