WebSocket vs SSE vs Long Polling
WebSocket vs SSE vs Long Polling
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Compare WebSocket, Server-Sent Events (SSE), and long polling for real-time communication. Cover when to use each for live sports scores, chat apps, and live dashboards.
Approach
Compare WebSocket, SSE, and long polling for real-time use cases.
Input
Live cricket score updates for 10M users
Output
SSE: server broadcasts score events; clients receive; unidirectional so SSE ideal; scale with pub-sub
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