WebSockets: The Current State of the Most Valuable HTML5 API

HTML5 specification includes WebSockets, a new communication protocol for the Web. It’s becoming the best choice for building real-time Web applications. This presentation is an overview of the servers and frameworks that support WebSockets. You’ll see some use cases where WebSockets shine. We’ll also discuss various approaches for the server- and client-side implementations of WebSockets that can be used in the Web applications today. Speaker bio: Viktor Gamov is a senior software engineer at Farata Syst