2. First of all..
...what is real-time communication?
Full-duplex/Bi-directional
The restis justtalanted HTTP-hacks, thatstillcan be good
enough for you... Butitis notreal-time
4. Framework Capabilities
The mostimporantparts (IMHO) of areal-time framework?
Modular architecture
So thatfunctionality can be overriden/added in asmooth way
State
So thatwe getcontrol over where messages are sent
Cross-ProtocolCommunication
So thatwe can connectthings/systems regardless of protocol