Real-Time Apps With Socket Io, React And Express

Learn how to build real-time apps for web and mobile

What you'll learn

Understand the dataflow and logic behind Socket IO

Set up Socket IO for your web and mobile project

Build a real-time web and mobile app with real-time communication

Implement Socket IO with Node, Express, React and React Native

Requirements

Understanding of JavaScript, familiarity with React, Express

Description

Embark on a journey to master the fundamentals of real-time applications using Socket IO with our comprehensive, beginner-friendly course. Designed specifically for junior developers or anyone new to the realm of real-time web technologies, this course offers a step-by-step approach to understanding and implementing real-time data flow in your applications.Throughout the course, you will learn the essentials of setting up and managing real-time communication patterns, ranging from one-to-one to one-to-all interactions. Starting with basic examples to cement your understanding, you'll gradually progress to more complex scenarios, culminating in building your own private chat application.Real-time applications present unique challenges, but our methodical teaching approach breaks down these complexities into manageable segments. You will gain practical experience with Socket IO, starting from installation and setup, to mastering how to emit and receive events in real-time. The course also covers crucial aspects such as handling user identification during connections and reconnections, integrating persistent storage to save data securely, and ensuring robust and scalable real-time communication.By the end of this course, you will have the skills and confidence to implement real-time communication using Socket IO in any web or mobile application. This course not only teaches you the technical skills but also prepares you to tackle real-world problems, making you a proficient developer ready to tackle the challenges of modern application development. Join us to unlock your potential and start building dynamic, real-time interactions in your next project!

Overview

Section 1: One-to-all real-time dataflow

Lecture 1 Goal overview

Lecture 2 Server setup

Lecture 3 Client setup

Lecture 4 Real-time dataflow setup

Lecture 5 Real-time number of connected users

Lecture 6 Real-time with mobile app

Lecture 7 Group chat for web

Lecture 8 Group chat for mobile

Lecture 9 One-to-one communication server clean up

Lecture 10 Getting usernames

Lecture 11 Sending private events

Lecture 12 Sending private events for the mobile app

Lecture 13 Private chat: real-time web app overview

Lecture 14 Private chat: server

Lecture 15 Private chat: client

Lecture 16 Private chat: recap

Beginner JavaScript developers interested in understanding how to build real-time apps