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Getting Started with WebRTC

You're reading from   Getting Started with WebRTC If you have basic HTML and JavaScript, you're well on the way to adding real time, peer-to-peer communication to your web applications using WebRTC. This book shows you how through a totally practical, structured course.

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Product type Paperback
Published in Sep 2013
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781782166306
Length 114 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Rob Manson Rob Manson
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Table of Contents (15) Chapters Close

Getting Started with WebRTC
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
1. An Introduction to Web-based Real-Time Communication 2. A More Technical Introduction to Web-based Real-Time Communication FREE CHAPTER 3. Creating a Real-time Video Call 4. Creating an Audio Only Call 5. Adding Text-based Chat 6. Adding File Sharing 7. Example Application 1 – Education and E-learning 8. Example Application 2 – Team Communication Index

Overall application architecture


The general architecture for this type of application or platform consists of seven key elements that work together to deliver the overall experience:

  • Educators

  • Students

  • WebRTC capable browsers

  • Existing or new web applications

  • Signaling server

  • TURN server

  • Archive server

Let's look at each of these elements in more detail.

Educators

These are the users that drive the creation of the educational content and manage the overall e-learning experience. Many of them have quickly adopted the evolving online tools; however, there are also a large number of them that are struggling with the new technologies and have trouble keeping up with today's high rate of technological change.

When integrated correctly, WebRTC supports both of the early adopters and the not-so-technical educators by making it easy to deliver a state-of-the-art e-learning experience. The early adopters can experiment with new functionality and customize these new tools to their needs. The not-so-technical...

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