PubNub Guides

gRPC, which stands for Google Remote Procedure Call, allows developers to build high-performance, language-agnostic APIs for distributed systems.

WebTransport is a web standard that allows developers to build real-time messaging functionality into apps with improved scalability & security.

HTTP/3 (or HTTP-over-QUIC) is an application layer protocol for communication between web browsers and servers.

Long polling is used in real-time web applications to achieve near-instantaneous communication between the client and the web server.

MQTT (Message Queuing Telemetry Transport) is a lightweight messaging protocol for efficient real-time communication between devices.

This guide discusses how the Publish/Subscribe method works and its advantages for real-time technology.

SignalR, a software library that utilizes traditional HTTP connections, allows real-time connectivity between servers and clients.

Server-Sent Events (SSE) is one technology approach that allows servers to push real-time client updates over a single HTTP connection.

In this guide, we discuss WebSockets and other types of client-server connections.