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Implementing Server-Sent Events with Spring Boot and Android

With HTTP/2 we can no longer use Web Sockets, so when we need to push data to the client from the server we need an alternative way. This is where Server-Sent Events come in. In this post, I will show how to implement it both in the backend, using Spring Boot, and on an Android client.

Non-blocking I/O

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Non-blocking I/O

In this post I'll explain what non-blocking I/O is, how you can use it, and when it might be useful. The code examples will be in Kotlin and running on the JVM, but the principles behind this would work regardless of programming language as this is usually supported through the kernel of your OS.