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play-socket.io not mentioned in documentation and examples

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Description

Play Version (2.5.x / etc)

2.6.x

API (Scala / Java / Neither / Both)

both

Actual Behavior

The clustered chat client for socket io is not mentioned in the main play documentation and the chatroom examples don't mention it either:

not mentioned in

etc

May also want to add to tutorials page:

and include links to socket.io from the home page / 2.6.x highlights etc:

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Research direction

Review the play-socket.io clustered-chat samples, the play-scala-chatroom-example, the Play 2.6 Tutorials WebSocket page, and the linked blog post. Identify the appropriate documentation, example, home-page, and highlights locations, then add references to play-socket.io and verify that all intended links render correctly.

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Assessment

Tech stack
java, scala
Domain
documentation
Issue type
Documentation
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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