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Event-driven servers

Server-side solutions that you can use to implement the event-driven architectural pattern.
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APNs

Cloud service that enables third-party app devs to push notifications to apps on Apple devices over a secure connection.

APNs
APNs is a cloud service that enables third-party developers to push notifications to applications on Apple devices over a secure connection.
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AWS SNS

AWS SNS is a pub/sub solution used for application-to-application and application-to-person communication.

AWS SNS
AWS SNS is a simple, distributed, cloud-native messaging service. Discover how it works, its pros and cons, and more.
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Apache Kafka vs RabbitMQ vs AWS SNS/SQS: Which message broker is best?
Key considerations for choosing a message broker and how to choose between Apache Kafka, RabbitMQ, and AWS SNS/SQS
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AWS SNS vs SQS: Key differences and which one you should use
Discover and compare the different features & use cases for AWS SNS and AWS SQS.
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AWS SQS

AWS SQS is a distributed message queuing service for asynchronous messaging.

AWS SQS
AWS SQS is a distributed message queuing service for asynchronous messaging. Learn how it works, and its pros and cons.
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Amazon Kinesis Data Streams

Kinesis Data Streams is a scalable and durable realtime data streaming service.

Amazon Kinesis Data Streams
Kinesis Data Streams is a scalable and durable realtime data streaming service.
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Apache Kafka

Apache Kafka is a popular open-source event-streaming platform.

How to stream Kafka messages to Internet-facing clients over WebSockets
This article explores how to stream Kafka messages to Internet-facing clients, over WebSockets, via a message broker.
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Apache Kafka vs RabbitMQ vs AWS SNS/SQS: Which message broker is best?
Key considerations for choosing a message broker and how to choose between Apache Kafka, RabbitMQ, and AWS SNS/SQS
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Maximize the value of realtime analytics with Kafka and Ably
Learn how you can use Kafka and Ably to engineer a high-performance analytics pipeline that connects your backend to end-users at the network edge in realtime.
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Apache Kafka and Ably: Building scalable, dependable chat applications
Learn how you can combine the capabilities of Kafka and Ably to engineer chat functionality that is guaranteed to deliver at scale.
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Google Cloud Pub/Sub

Google Cloud Pub/Sub is a pub/sub-based messaging service.

Google Cloud Pub/Sub
Google Cloud Pub/Sub is a pub/sub-based messaging service.
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WebRTC

Free, open-source project enabling p2p comms of media in browsers and mobile apps via APIs.

WebRTC
WebRTC is a free, open-source project enabling p2p comms in browsers and mobile apps via APIs, including audio, video, and data transfers.
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ZeroMQ

A messaging library that works over inproc, IPC, TCP, UDP, TIPC, multicast and WebSocket.

ZeroMQ
Learn about ZeroMQ, an asynchronous message queue library for building messaging middleware brokers or protocols for distributed or concurrent applications.
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