ws

Simple to use, blazing fast and thoroughly tested WebSocket client and server for Node.js (by websockets)

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ws reviews and mentions

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  • Setting up a WebSocket server in Node.js
    1 project | dev.to | 25 Mar 2024
    Before setting up a WebSocket server in Node.js, we need to install the necessary dependencies. Fortunately, Node.js has a vibrant ecosystem with various WebSocket libraries available. In this article, we will focus on using the popular ws library, which provides a simple and efficient WebSocket implementation for Node.js.
  • 8 Best WebSocket Libraries For Node
    6 projects | dev.to | 26 Oct 2023
    WS has a user base of 17.7 million people and over 20,000 forks. It also has clear and concise documentation, with examples and API references, to help developers understand how to integrate it into their projects.
  • WebSockets 101
    2 projects | dev.to | 24 Jun 2023
    In order to implement websockets, you can use a nodejs library named ws. It provides a fast and simple way to establish a websocket connection.
  • Is there anyway to auto reload the browser page when using express?
    2 projects | /r/learnjavascript | 13 Jun 2023
    Next, you can use a library like chokidar to listen for changes in your source directory. Create a ws server, and whenever a file changes, send a message.
  • Is my health check endpoint good enough?
    4 projects | /r/node | 3 Jan 2023
    I use redis, sequelize and PG Listen/Notify via Robust Listeners with a websocket server coded in ws
  • 7 Useful JavaScript Libraries To Build a Real-Time Web App
    4 projects | dev.to | 12 Dec 2022
    With over 19k stars on GitHub and about 60 million weekly downloads on npm, ws is one of the most popular open-source libraries for real-time web application development
  • Nest JS Websockets - Basics
    5 projects | dev.to | 4 Dec 2022
    Nest supports 2 websocket platforms - socket.io and ws. We're going to be using socket.io.
  • Render.com and Websocket: Connection randomly being closed after 5-ish minutes?
    1 project | /r/node | 20 Sep 2022
    I'm trying out Render.com as a potential replacement for Heroku to host and run my code, which uses Node, Express, and the ws package to connect a game made on Godot Engine and the webapp, using a Websocket connection. However, when I migrated the code over, I've noticed that the game lasts barely a quarter of the way before the server aborts the Websocket connection for literally no reason. I'm serious, it's what the log says:
  • Quick introduction to WebSockets with Node.js
    1 project | dev.to | 28 Aug 2022
    If you want to learn more about WebSockets, check out the official documentation.
  • 5 enhancements that will boost your Node.js app
    7 projects | dev.to | 18 Aug 2022
    Making use of Web Sockets to improve server communication.
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websockets/ws is an open source project licensed under MIT License which is an OSI approved license.

The primary programming language of ws is JavaScript.


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