Using WebSocket to build an interactive web application

What is websocket ?

The WebSocket API is an advanced technology that makes it possible to open a two-way interactive communication session between the user’s browser and a server. With this API, you can send messages to a server and receive event-driven responses without having to poll the server for a reply.

This guid will build a server that accepts a message that carries a user’s name. In response, the server will push a greeting into a queue to which the client is subscribed.

  1. Starting with Spring Initializr

  2. Adding Dependencies

  3. Create a Resource Representation Class

  4. Create a Message-handling Controller

  5. Configure Spring for STOMP messaging

  6. Create a Browser Client

  7. Make the Application Executable
    • Build an executable JAR
  8. Test the service