Server Sent Events

Lesson in the Backend Developer Roadmap · Stage 20: Real-Time Data

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What is Server Sent Events?

Server-Sent Events (SSE) sends real-time updates from server to client over persistent HTTP connection. Enables efficient server push with automatic reconnection. Ideal for one-way communication like live notifications using simple text-based format and EventSource API.

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Can I learn Server Sent Events in Hindi?

This lesson is written in English. Once you sign in, open it in the interactive course and ask the AI tutor to explain Server Sent Events in Hindi or Hinglish. The tutor answers from this lesson’s own text, so it stays on the syllabus, and it runs on your own Google, OpenAI or Anthropic key.

Is this Server Sent Events tutorial for beginners?

It is lesson 121 of 155 in the free Backend roadmap, in stage 20, Real-Time Data. If you are new to Backend, start from stage 1 and come back here in order; if you already know the earlier stages, this lesson stands on its own.

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