Server-Sent Events or WebSockets?
Why would you need any of them?
Which one should you choose?
Why would you need any of them?
Which one should you choose?
Sometimes you might want to get the latest data from the server without having to poll the server for updates.
This data comes in the form of notifications.
One way of doing this is polling the server for changes periodically but this is not performance friendly
This data comes in the form of notifications.
One way of doing this is polling the server for changes periodically but this is not performance friendly
This is where #WebSockets and Server-Sent Events come in. So what is the difference? in simple terms, in Web sockets, both the client and the server are listening for changes while only the client is listening for changes in Server-Sent Events.
Which one to choose?
SSE: when you only want the client to have the latest data from the server. eg a live exchange rate app
WS: When you want both the client and server to have the same data in realtime eg A chat Application.
The simplest words I could get 😆
SSE: when you only want the client to have the latest data from the server. eg a live exchange rate app
WS: When you want both the client and server to have the same data in realtime eg A chat Application.
The simplest words I could get 😆
