Socket.Io Reviews & Product Details

Ease of use in bi-directional communication. You can easily implement it with node js. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It gets complicated with larger set of groups. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Socket.io is a real-time application used for bi-directional communication between client and server.

It is swift compared to the REST API, SOAP API, or any communication between client and server. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Old browsers do not support it.

It is vulnerable to cross-site vulnerable attacks.

It has a deep learning curve.

Deebuging in real-time is challenging. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It is a very good implementation of websockets, low latency, and easy to develop for Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I would like if it had more cross platform support Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The best and most required feature is the implementation and the robustness and lightest library then any other libraries available for real-time applications. You can design the architecture the way you want.I just love it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The hardest part is to setup SocketIO in production with sub domain, i even test this with many architecture and cloud,VPS etc even eith docker and kubernetes too but it is hard because of the internal structure of socketio. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Socket.IO is one of the important things which made Node.js popular. it uses Web-sockets and made it easily accessible and very reliable. it opened up so many interesting possibilities to the Node.js ecosystem, whenever there is a requirement to send an alert or notification or anything that should be shown in real-time. I'll use Socket.IO as my first preference. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Using socket.IO along with another server like Express.io, and passing the Socket.IO variable as middleware is kind of tricky. I wish there are some easy ways to do it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I liked that there are so many user guides on the internet to setup socket.io. So it is very easy for even a newbie to implement this due to the vast available knowledge base. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I really did not like that socket.io is not compatible with websocket. Maybe there is a solution for it and I just was not able to find it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Socket.io is best for provide communication channel between server and client. It provide long HTTP polling with automatically reconnect functionality and it is also scalable to multiple servers and send events to all connected clients. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

In socket.io one thing I want to mentioned that is long live connection issue if socket.io can provide functionality like xmpp server for long conection between server and client that will be great. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What I like the most is being a Node.js developer. WebSockets is the best JS library to develop a chat app or chat portal. It makes it possible to open a two-way interactive communication session between the client and the server. With this API, you can send messages to a server and receive event-driven responses without polling the server for a reply. Data flows both ways here. It is super easy to use all you need to know is how event-driven programs work in Node.js. You can easily install this library using Node Package manager and add the dependency to your project. You can also use the MongoDB Atlas to store all the chat sessions and messages for future perspectives. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Being an async JavaScript library, I have not met with an exception here, or there is nothing to dislike. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Socket.Io is open source and it is really easy to use. Excellent documentations . Brief examples of each method and function. A huge community to support on any questions or in any issue Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Changing in version also changing the coding styles. codes of old version does not work 100% on upgrading to latest version so have to work extra to make application compatible with latest release. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It has very great documentation even we can start with zero knowledge as well Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Its a library not a protocol so both clients and server need to have it Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.