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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

Overall application architecture


The general architecture for this type of application or platform consists of seven key elements that work together to deliver the overall experience:

  • Educators

  • Students

  • WebRTC capable browsers

  • Existing or new web applications

  • Signaling server

  • TURN server

  • Archive server

Let's look at each of these elements in more detail.

Educators

These are the users that drive the creation of the educational content and manage the overall e-learning experience. Many of them have quickly adopted the evolving online tools; however, there are also a large number of them that are struggling with the new technologies and have trouble keeping up with today's high rate of technological change.

When integrated correctly, WebRTC supports both of the early adopters and the not-so-technical educators by making it easy to deliver a state-of-the-art e-learning experience. The early adopters can experiment with new functionality and customize these new tools to their needs. The not-so-technical...