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Future proof: TCP vanilla transport

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Description

Inspired from your post on socket.io 1.0:

Alternative transports such as vanilla Node.JS TCP Sockets or Google Chrome Sockets can be trivially implemented.

When is this feature?
You may provide guidance so that I can implement this transport?

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First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

No files or tests are named. Start by reviewing socket.io's transport architecture and the Node.js TCP Sockets and Google Chrome Sockets references mentioned in the issue, then ask maintainers to define the transport's scope and acceptance criteria before implementation.

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Assessment

Tech stack
node.js, typescript
Domain
networking
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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