Difference between socket and websocket?

Question

I\'m building web app that needs to communicate with another application using socket connections. This is new territory for me, so want to be sure that sockets are differen

Answer 1

To answer your questions.

1. Even though they achieve (in general) similar things, yes, they are really different. WebSockets typically run from browsers connecting to Application Server over a protocol similar to HTTP that runs over TCP/IP. So they are primarily for Web Applications that require a permanent connection to its server. On the other hand, plain sockets are more powerful and generic. They run over TCP/IP but they are not restricted to browsers or HTTP protocol. They could be used to implement any kind of communication.
2. No. There is no reason.