SocketIO and TypeScript

Learn SocketIO, TypeScript and NodeJS To Create Multiplayer Realtime Interactive Content for the Web

Created by: Sean Bradley
Software and Networking Engineer for 20 Years

What Will I Learn?

• TSC and tsconfig for browsers and NodeJS environments
• Setup Nodemon and Concurrently
• NPM, NodeJS and package json
• Understand SocketIO communications between the Server and Clients while writing it all in TypeScript
• Build some example use cases, such as a chat, collaborative painter and integrate into Threejs
• Learn about Express and serving static content through NodeJS
• Learn how to build robust and interactive applications using TypeScript and SocketIO
• Provision and Deploy to a cloud server, Setup Nginx proxy, Point a Domain Name and Add SSL

Requirements

• Desire to learn about websockets using SocketIO
• Access to a PC, Mac or Linux with ability to install software such as VSCode, Git and NodeJS
• Having some basic experience with HTML, CSS and JavaScript desirable

Target audience

• Beginner Coders
• People interested in SocketIO and TypeScript
• People interested in creating real-time interactive multiplayer games