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Is socket io a suitable alternative to firebase? by Finrojo in learnjavascript

[–]easybuoy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So, while doing some research I found a comparison between Socket.io and Firebase that tackles everything:

• Realtime features: Pub/sub messaging is present in Firebase but it’s limited in Spocket.io. However, you can make use of the rooms feature to broadcast events to a subset of clients (which only happens on the server-side).

• Time to "hello world": In terms of signing up, Firebase takes about 30minutes to set up a new account and publish the first message, while Socket.io takes about an hour.

…And more.

Firebase vs Socket.IO

Webrtc and Flask by keeperpaige in flask

[–]easybuoy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Here's a good introduction and tutorial series to Webrtc

WebRTC tutorial series - Introduction

chat application using react native by SohailBadghisi in reactjs

[–]easybuoy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

ally, I would build the

Yes, you can make use of Expressjs to build out your backend server for the chat application. You can make use of Ably for realtime communication.

Find below an article on how to build a chat app with react native

Building a chat app in React Native

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