Building a Chat Server
In the previous chapter, you created a RESTful API for your project that provides a programmable interface for your application.
In this chapter, you will develop a chat server for students using Django Channels, enabling students to engage in real-time messaging within course chat rooms. You will learn how to build real-time applications through asynchronous programming with Django Channels. By serving your Django project through Asynchronous Server Gateway Interface (ASGI), and implementing asynchronous communication, you will enhance the responsiveness and scalability of your server. Additionally, you will persist chat messages into the database, building a comprehensive chat history and enriching the user experience and functionality of the chat application.
In this chapter, you will:
- Add Channels to your project
- Build a WebSocket consumer and appropriate routing
- Implement a WebSocket client
- Enable a channel layer with...
