Implementing real-time bidding with Socket.IO

Users who are signed in to the marketplace platform will be able to take part in live auctions. They will be able to place their bids and get real-time updates in the same view while other users on the platform are countering their bids. To implement this functionality, we will integrate Socket.IO with our full-stack MERN application before implementing the frontend interface to allow users to place their bids and see the changing bidding history.

Integrating Socket.IO

Socket.IO will allow us to add the real-time bidding feature to auctions in the marketplace application. Socket.IO is a JavaScript library with a client-side module that runs in the browser and a server-side module...