WebSockets vs. Server-Sent-Events vs. Long-Polling vs. WebRTC vs. WebTransport

Re:WebSockets vs. Server-Sent-Events vs. Long-Polling vs. We... by ascii78 on Monday March 18, 2024 @03:33PM (#39748927)

I've been reading about WebRTC, does anyone actually know if browser to browser communication actually works reliably in practice ? Specifically NAT traversal, been hesitant to research it further because of this issue, seems that most of the connection parts seem to be legacy voip related protocols.

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Re:WebSockets vs. Server-Sent-Events vs. Long-Polling vs. We... by Sean-Der on Monday March 18, 2024 @03:39PM (#39748999)

Works well! Lots of developers/companies use WebRTC with NAT Traversal.

You can also use it in a client/server setup. Check out 'WebRTC SFU'

I wrote a little bit about the different topologies in [0]

[0] https://webrtcforthecurious.com/docs/08-applied-webrtc/#webr...

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