Real Time Updates vs Polling
Developers should learn and implement Real Time Updates when building applications that require instant data synchronization, such as messaging platforms, live sports scores, stock trading interfaces, or multiplayer games meets developers should use polling when building applications that need to monitor state changes, fetch updates from apis without websocket support, or in embedded systems where hardware constraints limit push-based methods. Here's our take.
Real Time Updates
Developers should learn and implement Real Time Updates when building applications that require instant data synchronization, such as messaging platforms, live sports scores, stock trading interfaces, or multiplayer games
Real Time Updates
Nice PickDevelopers should learn and implement Real Time Updates when building applications that require instant data synchronization, such as messaging platforms, live sports scores, stock trading interfaces, or multiplayer games
Pros
- +It enhances user experience by providing immediate feedback and reducing latency, making it crucial for modern web and mobile apps that demand responsiveness
- +Related to: websockets, server-sent-events
Cons
- -Specific tradeoffs depend on your use case
Polling
Developers should use polling when building applications that need to monitor state changes, fetch updates from APIs without WebSocket support, or in embedded systems where hardware constraints limit push-based methods
Pros
- +It is particularly useful for simple monitoring tasks, such as checking for new messages in a chat app, tracking file upload progress, or querying sensor data in IoT devices, where low-frequency updates are acceptable and implementation simplicity is prioritized over efficiency
- +Related to: long-polling, webhooks
Cons
- -Specific tradeoffs depend on your use case
The Verdict
Use Real Time Updates if: You want it enhances user experience by providing immediate feedback and reducing latency, making it crucial for modern web and mobile apps that demand responsiveness and can live with specific tradeoffs depend on your use case.
Use Polling if: You prioritize it is particularly useful for simple monitoring tasks, such as checking for new messages in a chat app, tracking file upload progress, or querying sensor data in iot devices, where low-frequency updates are acceptable and implementation simplicity is prioritized over efficiency over what Real Time Updates offers.
Developers should learn and implement Real Time Updates when building applications that require instant data synchronization, such as messaging platforms, live sports scores, stock trading interfaces, or multiplayer games
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