Creating realtime experiences in e-commerce with Fauna and Ably
This tutorial demonstrates how to build a simple e-commerce website using Fauna and Ably. The site features real-time updates on product availability, discounts, and user orders. Both Fauna and Ably are serverless solutions that provide scalability and ease of use. Fauna is a distributed document-relational database delivered as a global API, while Ably is a serverless pub/sub solution using real-time protocols such as WebSockets for seamless communication between devices. The integration of these two services allows for efficient data querying and storage, as well as real-time event distribution with minimal latencies.
Company
Ably
Date published
Sept. 1, 2022
Author(s)
Thomas Camp
Word count
5694
Hacker News points
None found.
Language
English