I’m doing chat system with nodejs. To create a node server I can either use net or http module. So what is the difference and benefit of using each of them ?
I’m doing chat system with nodejs . To create a node server I can
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I’m doing chat system with nodejs. To create a node server I can either use net or http module. So what is the difference and benefit of using each of them ?
httpis built on top ofnet(which handles the TCP layer underlying HTTP).I imagine that your “chat system” will have browser-based clients, since node.js isn’t great for GUIs/desktop apps at the moment. If that’s the case, you’ll most likely want to use
http.A node.js chat server has already been made – node-chat. You could build yours on top of this, or take a look at its source code for some ideas.