From WebSockets to WiSH (web in strict HTTP)
The authors of WiSH have been involved with the WebSocket protocol since its beginning but soon realized that the real problem has always been web APIs along with a non-HTTP protocol that is truly harmful to the web. Wenbo Zhu explains why the web is better off with WiSH for deploying scalable and reliable bidirectional communication over the internet.
| Talk Title | From WebSockets to WiSH (web in strict HTTP) |
| Speakers | Wenbo Zhu (Google) |
| Conference | O’Reilly Open Source Convention |
| Conf Tag | Making Open Work |
| Location | Austin, Texas |
| Date | May 8-11, 2017 |
| URL | Talk Page |
| Slides | Talk Slides |
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The authors of WiSH have been involved with the WebSocket protocol since its beginning but soon realized that the real problem has always been web APIs along with a non-HTTP protocol that is truly harmful to the web. Wenbo Zhu explains why the web is better off with WiSH for deploying scalable and reliable bidirectional communication over the internet. Wenbo explores the fundamental problem with WebSockets and the benefits of the WiSH proposal and explains how to design a scalable solution that supports real-time bidi communication over the internet. Along the way, Wenbo covers relevant technologies behind internet-scale services, such as a web/mobile messaging apps and a real-time backend-as-a-service cloud database. Wenbo concludes with a deep dive into different API models to manage high-throughput streaming traffic (Reactive Streams, WHATWG streams, etc.).
