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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 understanding of how WebRTC can be integrated into a team communication application. You should understand the key components that make up this overall application architecture and how this enables you to create a new type of team web application. You should have a good picture of the types of issues you are likely to face while working to implement WebRTC into your team communication. You should also understand the key benefits of adding WebRTC to your team communication application will likely deliver, and the opportunities this will open for managers and teams as a whole as they adapt to this new environment.

This completes our Getting Started with WebRTC journey. Now, you should be well-equipped to start creating your own WebRTC applications and implementing your own ideas. I hope you enjoyed reading this book and found the demonstration code clear and the example application discussions useful.