JavaScript RTT over WebSockets

[bartcapote]

Hi! I’m not sure, if this is a correct approach, but as a newbie (a few months coding) I’ve come up with this little app to get a feeling where I can host for free to get the quickest response time possible using WebSocekts protocol:

https://upstream-colors.herokuapp.com/

As you can see, the first one I managed to get to work is hosted on Heroku. I aim to try out other hosts later - but this will require some work from me, I hope not too long. I would greatly appreciate if some of you followed instructions on the site and post your result here (also location would be nice). It will take 30 seconds.

Also, if you have any commentary, whether this app is a good way to measure where I can get the fastest hosting over WebSockets - please share!

bart

PS
sorry if the code is little messy 😉

 

[ivan.moony]

May I ask, what do you need WebSockets for?

 

[bartcapote]

May I ask, what do you need WebSockets for?

I'd like to design a simple web game as a pet project. I wondered how games like agar.io achieve their super real time responsiveness to user input. AFAIK => WebSockets?

 

[ivan.moony]

I'm not an expert for protocols, but wiki says WebSockets is faster than HTTP. Well, if it's not complicated, it can't hurt.

 

[ivan.moony]

Oh, I almost forgot, I got the number 101.

 

[bartcapote]

Thanks, Ivan!