Chapter 12: Processing Real-Time Updates
Real time is a very hot topic nowadays. The demand for real-time features has been growing in web applications. So, how can you process real-time messages in the frontend and update the displayed data automatically in the UI? This is what we will cover in this chapter. We will start by explaining the requirement, and then we will walk you through the different steps to implement the reactive pattern for consuming real-time updates. Finally, we will learn the reactive pattern for handling reconnection.
In this chapter, we're going to cover the following main topics:
- Defining the requirement
- Learning the reactive pattern for consuming real-time messages
- Learning the reactive pattern for handling reconnection