Rahul Soni

Backend Engineer.

Diving into Sockets

This discussion is based on learning about sockets from scratch to trying to build an application. Basic Google definition is: A socket is a communication endpoint in a computer network that allows two computers to communicate with each other. So, on a daily basis, for simplicity, we use WebSockets, or more accurately, we use a library for WebSockets. The WebSocket protocol, which is a browser-focused extension of sockets, uses TCP sockets behind the scenes....

April 12, 2024 7 min