Real-Time Communication with WebRTC: Peer-to-Peer in the Browser

Real-Time Communication with WebRTC: Peer-to-Peer in the Browser

Deliver rich audio and video real-time communication and peer-to-peer data exchange right in the browser, without the need for proprietary plug-ins. This concise hands-on guide shows you how to use the emerging Web Real-Time Communication (WebRTC) technology to build a browser-to-browser application, piece by piece. The authors’ learn-by-example approach is perfect for web programmers looking to understand real-time communication, and telecommunications architects unfamiliar with HTML5 and JavaScript-based client-server web programming. You’ll use a ten-step recipe to create a complete WebRTC system, with exercises that you can apply to your own projects. Tour the WebRTC development cycle and trapezoid architectural model - Understand how and why VoIP is shifting from standalone functionality to a browser component - Use mechanisms that let client-side web apps interact with browsers through the WebRTC API - Transfer streaming data between browser peers with the RTCPeerConnection API - Create a signaling channel between peers for setting up a WebRTC session - Put everything together to create a basic WebRTC system from scratch - Learn about conferencing, authorization, and other advanced WebRTC features "WebRTC technologies are changing the way people communicate on the Internet. Real-time Communications have become yet another component of the whole web experience and can be seamlessly integrated in new applications and services. Loreto and Romano do a great job describing the new WebRTC technologies by providing all necessary details - down to the code level. They both draw on their extensive experience designing, standardizing, implementing, and deploying these technologies." Gonzalo Camarillo Standardization Director at Ericsson. Former RAI AD, responsible for the IETF RTCWeb WG This is the right book at the right time! WebRTC is gaining more and more momentum and we do believe this is the first WebRTC book based on a pure learn-by-example approach. I'm sure our readers will walk away with an irrepressible desire of putting their hands on the real thing and start building their own WebRTC app. With this stuff you can put Web and VoIP together in a seamless fashion. You'll find out that YOU are the engineer of the future killer applications of the Internet! Deliver rich audio and video realtime communication and peer-to-peer data exchange right in the browser, without the need for proprietary plug-ins. This concise hands-on guide shows you how, using the emerging Web Real Time Communication (WebRTC) technology to build a browser-to-browser application, piece by piece. The authors' learn-by-example approach is perfect for web programmers looking to understand realtime communication, and telecommunications architects unfamiliar with HTML5 and JavaScript-based client-server web programming. You'll learn how to create a WebRTC system with a ten-step recipe, and get exercises that you can apply to your own projects. · Tour the WebRTC development cycle and trapezoid architectural model · Understand how and why VoIP is shifting from standalone functionality to a browser component · Use mechanisms that let client-side web apps interact with browsers through the WebRTC API · Transfer streaming data between browser peers with the RTCPeerConnection API · Create a signaling channel between peers for setting up a WebRTC session · Put everything together to create a basic WebRTC system from scratch · Learn about conferencing, authorization, and other advanced WebRTC features Simon Pietro Romano is both a university professor and a startupper. He teaches Computer Networks and Telematics Applications at the University of Napoli "Federico II." He is the cofounder of Meetecho, a startup and University spin-off dealing with WebRTC-based unified collaboration. He actively participates in IETF standardization activities, mainly in the Real-time Applications and Infrastructure (RAI) area. Salvatore Loreto works as a senior scientist at NomadicLab's MultiMedia Technology branch, which is part of Ericsson Research in Finland. He works on standardization, research projects, and strategy related to VoIP, Media & Web Communication.