Is socket.io the best for building a chat apps?

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zyzer01

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I'm about to build a chat app I've checked out socker.io, looks good. But then I want to hear from past practical experiences, especially from Javascript developers

 

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lurku

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Ya i'm a real dev. Prolly the easiest library with most documentation

 

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zyzer01

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lurku said:

Ya i'm a real dev. Prolly the easiest library with most documentation

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Ohh. I see

 

benis123

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I'm a real dev too and I love socket.io. You should only use raw websockets if you know exactly what you're doing

 

ufc777

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Don't think the best. It depends on various factors, such as the requirements of your application, the complexity of the features you need, and your team's experience and preferences.

 

Gogol

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Chat apps and real time data display apps (e.g. crypto price ticker) are perfect use cases for web sockets. But if all you need is some occasional data from the api, it is a bit overkill to use web sockets. Also, you can’t really go serverless with websockets, because the backend function will not be available after a while (30 seconds for vercel for example).