episode4

README

Using Websockets

Go in 5 Minutes, episode 4.

This screencast explains some of the concepts around Websockets and presents an example that shows how to build a websocket server.

Screencast video: https://goin5minutes.com/screencast/episode_4_websockets_with_gorilla_websocket/

Thanks

... to everybody who has suggested new screencasts or giving a 👍 on an existing issue. I'm listening, so keep them coming! https://github.com/arschles/go-in-5-minutes/issues

Note

All code examples in this episode are adapted from Gary Burd's post. He generously gave permission to use his code in the issue for this episode.

Thanks Gary!

Outline

1. Server -> browser communication

• previous approaches
• websocket basics (more details: https://www.websocket.org/aboutwebsocket.html)
• efficiency gains

1. Uses

• chat
• streaming data from server
• ...

1. Example