How To Mock Web Socket Message Events

Web socket connections are perfect for keeping your user interface synchronized with the reality of the backend. There are certainly novel solutions to long-polling to simulate this effect, but it's neither elegant, nor efficient. The trouble with web socket development is that unless you've got the backend chops necessary to keep a mock web socked environment maintained, it's often easier to go the polling route. It's just a matter of the UI developer being able to independently write code. However, there's a way to do web socket development independent of a backend connection, allowing the UI developer to implement real-time updates.