WebSocket Essentials: Building Apps with HTML5 WebSockets

Build your own real-time web applications using HTML5 WebSockets

About This Book

• Learn to build your real-time collaborative application for mobiles and tablets using WebSockets
• Set up your own WebSocket server and familiarize yourself with the combined power of WebSockets with HTML5
• A practical guide, accompanied by examples, which will help you to understand the working of the Node.js WebSocket server

Who This Book Is For

This book is for web developers who want to learn and implement WebSocket to create interesting apps for modern browsers, leveraging the capabilities of HTML5 with WebSockets.

What You Will Learn

• Create a web app with the advanced features of the modern Web
• Expand the level of application by using different frameworks and libraries
• Improve HTML5 web application development with the help of up-to-date tools
• Structure your application and speed up development with modern tools
• Develop a WebSocket server using Node.js
• Discover all the basics of using WebSockets on mobile and tablet platforms
• Transmit real-time data between users by building a drawing application in HTML5
• Understand the importance of using framework AngularJS along with Bootstrap

In Detail

WebSocket facilitates complete duplex communication between the client and server. HTML5 made it possible to create enterprise-level applications considering the important parameters related to application maintainability. All these enhanced features help developers to remove the dependency on different plugins.

Starting with the basics of HTML5, you will work your way through the process of implementing different applications using WebSockets and HTML5 using the Node.js server. You will explore how to use WebSockets on the mobile and tablet platforms and build a real-time drawing application in HTML5 utilizing WebSockets. You will also learn how to set up the Node.js server and develop an app for presentation sharing.

By the end of this book, you will be familiar with the technology and will have learned how to enhance your HTML5 web application development using modern tools.

使用HTML5 WebSockets建立自己的即時網頁應用程式

關於本書
- 學習使用WebSockets在行動裝置和平板電腦上建立即時協作應用程式
- 設置自己的WebSocket伺服器，並熟悉WebSockets與HTML5的結合威力
- 一本實用指南，附有範例，幫助您了解Node.js WebSocket伺服器的運作方式

本書適合對象
- 本書適合網頁開發人員，想要學習並實現WebSocket，為現代瀏覽器創建有趣的應用程式，充分利用HTML5與WebSockets的功能。

您將學到什麼
- 使用現代網頁的高級功能創建網頁應用程式
- 使用不同的框架和庫擴展應用程式的層次
- 使用最新工具改進HTML5網頁應用程式開發
- 使用現代工具結構化應用程式並加快開發速度
- 使用Node.js開發WebSocket伺服器
- 在行動裝置和平板電腦平台上探索使用WebSockets的基礎知識
- 通過在HTML5中構建繪圖應用程式，在用戶之間傳輸即時數據
- 了解使用AngularJS框架和Bootstrap的重要性

詳細內容
WebSocket實現了客戶端和伺服器之間的完全雙向通信。HTML5使得根據應用程式可維護性的重要參數創建企業級應用程式成為可能。所有這些增強功能幫助開發人員消除對不同插件的依賴。

從HTML5的基礎知識開始，您將通過使用Node.js伺服器實現不同應用程式的過程進行工作。您將探索如何在行動裝置和平板電腦平台上使用WebSockets，並使用WebSockets在HTML5中建立即時繪圖應用程式。您還將學習如何設置Node.js伺服器並開發一個用於演示共享的應用程式。

通過閱讀本書，您將熟悉這項技術，並學習如何使用現代工具增強您的HTML5網頁應用程式開發能力。