In a previous Upskill Challenge, Katie Paxton-Fear took less than 30 minutes to introduce you to the basics of APIs and the most common API types you’ll see on the web including GraphQL, RESTful, gRPC, SOAP and WebSockets. She published additional UCs that expand on GraphQL and RESTful APIs. It’s now time for WebSockets!
Forget the constant back-and-forth of traditional HTTP requests in regular APIs. Welcome to the exciting world of WebSockets! WebSockets provide a persistent connection, allowing for instant data exchange and opening up a whole new realm of dynamic and interactive web applications. From stocks to scores, WebSockets power much of our real-time applications! Ready to dive in?
Price = FREE!
What’s an Upskill Challenge (UC)?
A UC is a CTF-style, bite-sized lesson from the JHT Team, our courseware developers as well as “friends” of JHT. They are meant to be short and to the point. UCs focus on a single tool or concept and are helpful in quickly providing useful skills that might be prerequisites for other types of educational content on the platform.
A UC should be 10 – 30 minutes of student time and have no VMs. There are quizzes to make sure that the content is understood.
Prerequisites for “UC – WebSockets”
UCs assume no knowledge at all! They’re meant to be completely self-contained, so all of the answers are in the lesson. No outside research is required.
