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Tutorials, demos, and code walkthroughs for a wide variety of real-time web, mobile, and IoT projects.

BuildNov 5, 2013

PubNub & Raspberry Pi: Up and Running

How to get a Raspberry Pi up and running with PubNub and Raspbian for the purpose of connected/embedded device demos

Developer Relations Team
Developer Relations Team
Real-time Stock Ticker
BuildOct 30, 2013

JavaScript + PHP = Real-time Stock Quote API

How to build a real-time stock quote streaming application with PubNub using PHP and JavaScript

Stephen Blum
Stephen Blum
CTO, PubNub
BuildSep 10, 2013

Extend RabbitMQ Into Mobile and Web Using PubNub

RabbitMQ is an open-source implementation of the Advanced Message Queuing Protocol (AMQP) standard and is one of the most widely used middleware platforms. Traditionally, RabbitMQ has been used for server to server communication as a way to add resiliency and controls to message delivery. But with the...
Michael Carroll
Michael Carroll
BuildAug 28, 2013

Make Backbone Real-Time With PubNub

Our integration allows developers to create a Backbone model or collection and have them synchronize with every other client instance of those models or collections in real time.

Michael Carroll
Michael Carroll
BuildAug 13, 2013

Building Real-time Geolocation Apps: JavaScript and PubNub

Geolocation is a great way to add another layer of interactivity to a real-time application. By knowing the location of your users, it’s easy to group them into pools and provide data and notifications to specific user channels. Additionally, it can be a great combination for real-time applications...
Michael Carroll
Michael Carroll
BuildAug 1, 2013

Making Peer Data Connections in the Browser With WebRTC

The WebRTC data channel allows you to establish a peer to peer connection and send data between two browsers, no backend required.

Michael Carroll
Michael Carroll
BuildJul 23, 2013

Building WebRTC Filesharing with PubShare

A couple of weeks ago, we announced our WebRTC SDK, expanding our ever-growing list of PubNub supported SDKs. This API makes incorporating WebRTC into a PubNub enabled app straightforward and simple. In addition to the new SDK, we introduced a prototype WebRTC demo called PubShare, just one example of...
Michael Carroll
Michael Carroll
BuildJul 10, 2013

How to Create a Photo Sharing App with Cloudinary API

Photo sharing applications are no longer just about manipulating and uploading photos to the cloud. The success of Instagram has shown that photo sharing apps need a way for users to interact in real time, one where users can subscribe to channels and notify other users that they’ve uploaded a...
Michael Carroll
Michael Carroll
Content Writer, PubNub
BuildJun 27, 2013

WebRTC File Transfer in the Browser: PubShare

The generally “go-to” app for real-time interaction is some form of messaging, be it text chat, video or audio. However, we all know there must be more applications of real-time communication out there. File transfer is one of those applications that developers seem to have forgotten about, probably...
Michael Carroll
Michael Carroll