The RESTful Web
Curated Thoughts on HTTP, REST & Hypermedia APIs
Realtime Doesn’t Belong Everywhere — Build Scalable API Services in Node.js with Nodal
The push to develop realtime web apps has been a fun one, and we’ve seen some awesome products come out of it. Websockets as a technology…are great. And there are a ton of tools that let you prototype impressive realtime apps in a flash. Unfortunately, these come with their own host of problems. Stateful socket connections can be messy, and as you build an app with the intention of scaling sometimes realtime just doesn’t quite fit. It can create more problems than it solves as you begin hitting edge cases or need to build a system without as much tight coupling.
Keith HorwoodMar 7
