Websocket vs Long Polling for Phoenix what is the best choice?

The only answer that matters: “It depends” Seriously though, without more context it’s meaningless to recommend one over the other. There’s times long polling is appropriate, there’s times websockets are appropriate. Typically with a Phoenix channel you’d be using websockets as the transportation…

Websockets are better because they were designed for bi-directional communication. Longpolling is a hack and you should only use if it you cannot use websockets.

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Websocket vs Long Polling for Phoenix?

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juantamad October 1, 2020, 6:09pm 3

Which will be supported by Phoenix in the future?