This video complements the blog post and demo about Serverless WebSockets with Azure Functions. I'll explain how data is distributed in realtime using WebSockets in a serverless application running in Azure. The context is a multiplayer Advanced Dungeons & Dragons (ADnD) style game that is turn-based with realtime state updates.

• Read the full blog post: https://ably.com/blog/quest-for-serverless-websockets-azure-functions-adventure
• The GitHub repository: https://github.com/ably-labs/serverless-websockets-quest/
• Play the game: https://quest.ably.dev/
• Ably Discord: https://discord.gg/q89gDHZcBK

0:00 - Intro

0:14 - Blog post

0:33 - Demo

2:24 - VSCode & CodeTour

3:05 - Tech stack

3:38 - Communication between front-end & back-end

5:07 - Azure Functions

6:25 - Publishing messages

7:25 - Creating the client-side connection

8:00 - Subscribing to messages

9:09 - Closing

About Ably

Ably is an enterprise-grade pub/sub messaging platform. We make it easy to efficiently design, quickly ship, and seamlessly scale critical realtime functionality delivered directly to end-users. Every day, we deliver billions of realtime messages to millions of users for thousands of companies.

https://ably.com