Socket programming is an essential part of the language that enables you to understand how applications communicate over the network. This helps in enabling you to understand how client server communication works and also gives you more insights into how server applications are built. 

Description

It is important for each and every application developer (including Java developers) to have an understanding of how socket communication works. Hence this course is an absolute necessity. 

The primary focus points of this course include

• How TCP/IP communication works

• How UDP/IP communication works

• Basic client/server coding using multi-threaded client/server.

• Get working knowledge of HTTP communication using Mock HTTPServer.

• Build a Peer-to-Peer chat app using TCP/IP

• Build a Group Chat app using UDP/IP.

Once you are familiar with the above topics you will be able to confidently deal with the current client/server applications.

• Anyone who is familiar with Java programming and looking to get started with server side coding.
• Useful even for the one who is looking to learn Socket Programming in some other language. This course will certainly give them the much needed introduction.

Course content

• Introduction
  • Introduction
  • Understand message transfer between applications
• TCP and UDP
  • Basic Client Server Example
  • Single Threaded Client Server
  • Downside of single threaded client server
  • Multi-threaded Client Server
  • User Datagram Protocol
  • Problem Set
• HTTP
  • HTTP interaction explained
  • Sample Multi-threaded HttpServer
• Examples Apps
  • Section Introduction
  • Client/Server Example with Database Interaction
  • Simple Chat using TCP
  • Group Chat using UDP
• Source Code
  • Source Code for Download
• Conclusion
  • Bonus Lecture: Next Steps