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Push notifications using express.js and socket.io

by IndianGuru —

Ever wondered how to get push notifications on your web-page? Instead of using XMPP solutions, there are simpler techniques today using websockets. Gautam explains how we can send notifications for live bids from a MongoDB backed Rails application to webpages using a combination of socket.io and express.js. Needless to say, this would work only on WebSocket compliant browsers.

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