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Practice: Adding Real-time Updates to a Bun Application

WebSockets power the real-time web, enabling instant updates across browsers, apps, and devices. In this lab, you'll build a chat application where users can join from either a web browser or the terminal. You'll see messages appear instantly across both interfaces, giving you hands-on experience with real-time communication and the flexibility of Bun.

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Level
Intermediate
Last updated
Jun 13, 2025
Duration
20m

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Jeff Hopper is a polyglot solution developer with over 20 years of experience across several business domains. He has enjoyed many of those years focusing on the .Net stack.

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