Real-time communication is essential in today's connected world for various applications like social networks, collaboration tools, and customer support systems.
Building a real-time chat application involves backend engineering, network protocols, frontend responsiveness, and real-time performance.
WebSockets play a crucial role in enabling full-duplex communication channels for instant messaging, overcoming the limitations of traditional HTTP.
Using Python, especially with FastAPI, allows for efficient handling of WebSocket connections and building high-performance backends, while simple HTML and JavaScript can be used for the frontend.