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Design Patterns and Concepts

Learn how best to use the Ably Platform

Design Patterns

Reusable implementations and recommendations for some of the most interesting realtime use-cases.

Read receipts for chat apps

A set of easy-to-follow recommendations to build a read receipts system for chat applications. Includes Demo!

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HQ style games

Recommendations to build HQ style quiz apps that demand reliable and super fast realtime communication. Includes a sample app!

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Sports apps and live event platforms

Discover the challenges you'd face when building a live event platform and understand recommended solutions to those.

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Realtime Concepts

Understand how realtime messaging works under the hood by learning more about the various communication protocols and concepts involved.

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