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Getting Started with WebRTC

By : Rob Manson
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Getting Started with WebRTC

By: Rob Manson

Overview of this book

WebRTC delivers web-based real-time communication and is set to revolutionize our view of what the Web really is. Streaming audio and video from browser to browser, as well as opening raw access to the camera and microphone, is already creating a whole new dynamic web. WebRTC also introduces real-time data channels that will allow interaction with dynamic data feeds from sensors and other devices. This really is a great time to be a web developer! Getting Started with WebRTC provides all of the practical information you need to quickly understand what WebRTC is, how it works, and how you can add it to your own web applications. It includes clear working examples designed to help you get started building your own WebRTC-enabled applications right away. Getting Started with WebRTC will guide you through the process of creating your own WebRTC application that can be applied in a number of different real-world situations, using well documented and clearly explained code examples. You will learn how to quickly and easily create a practical peer-to-peer video chat application, an audio only call option, and how a Web-Socket-based signaling server can also be used to enable real-time text-based chat. You will also be shown how this same server and application structure can easily be extended to include simple drag-and-drop file sharing with transfer updates and thumbnail previews.
Table of Contents (15 chapters)
Getting Started with WebRTC
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Summary


You should now have a clear overview of what the term WebRTC means and for what it can be used. You should be able to identify which browsers support WebRTC and have all the resources you need to find the latest up-to-date information on how this is evolving. You should also have been able to try the different aspects of WebRTC for yourself quickly and easily using your own browser if you so choose.

Next, we will take a more technical look at how the different WebRTC API components all fit together.

Then, we will start by fleshing out the simple peer-to-peer video call scenario into a fully working application.

Later, we will explore how this can be simplified down to just an audio only call or extended with text-based chat and file sharing.

And then, we will explore two real-world application scenarios based upon e-learning and team communication.