How to
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Collaboration
Build Collaborative Applications
Follow this how-to and learn how you can build and power your real-time collaborative applications with PubNub.
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PubNub portal
Enabling Persistence
Follow this how-to to enable Persistence in the Admin Portal to persist all messages as they're published.
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Real-Time
How to Create a Real-Time Delivery Application
For any delivery solution, the end user experience will depend on providing real-time updates on vehicle location, delivery time and delivery status
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Real-Time
How to Build a Real-Time Counter of Active Users
This how-to will explain how to add a real-time counter of active users to any application, what to consider while building this type of feature, and how PubNub can make it easy.
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PubNub portal
Creating Keys
Follow this how-to on creating keys in the Admin Portal to connect your application to the PubNub network.
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PubNub portal
Enabling Files
Follow this how-to on enabling Files in the Admin Portal to upload and share files.
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PubNub portal
Enabling Objects
Follow this how-to on enabling Objects in the Admin Portal to to store metadata for users, channels, and memberships without the need of setting up your own database.
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Geolocation
How to Explore Real-time Geolocation Solutions
This how-to will explain real-time geolocation services for developers, what to consider while building geolocation features, and how PubNub can make it easy to stream and use real-time location data.
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Collaboration
How to call PubNub from Alexa
Amazon’s Echo is the market leading smart speaker and we see an increasing number of customers want to integrate Alexa into their PubNub solution