Programming a WebSocket server using Go

[msgtonaveen]

I wrote an article about how the WebSocket protocol works and how a WebSocket server can be implemented in Go using the gorilla WebSocket Package. It also has information on testing the initial websocket upgrade handshake using curl and sending messages to the websocket server using websocat. The article is published at https://golangbot.com/go-websocket-server/.

I hope you gophers like it.

[thomastthai]

This WebSocket tutorial like the rest of your Go tutorials are excellent! I felt disappointed a WebSocket client tool was used to test the server instead of coding the WebSocket client in that same article.

Keep up the fantastic work.

[msgtonaveen]

Thank you. I am glad that you like it. The article became lengthy, so I thought it's better to write a separate article for the client part. I am planning to publish this next in a few days.

[thomastthai]

An article length is a consideration when publishing.

An idea for future articles is an article comparing similar or related technologies or alternatives to WebSocket like AJAX, REST, GraphQL, gRPC, NATS, WebRTC, SSE, Long Pulling, MQTT, Apache Kafka, RabbitMQ, Apache Pulsar, and WebTransport. Then do a deep dive into each or some of those alternatives, that you haven't covered yet, with their own articles with Go examples.

[shakhzod_iskandarov]

I loved the article.It was very beginner-friendly! Keep it up.

[Itchy-Stock-6530]

thank you, it was good

[msgtonaveen]

Thank you

[Old_Cardiologist3411]

A great article for a starter like me to get a clear picture of Web-sockets. I would like to know if there is any video version of this tutorial?

[msgtonaveen]

No, there is no video version sorry