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BuildJul 28, 2019
Add Geocoding, Mapping with Mapbox & PubNub BLOCKS
Enable real-time geocoding and mapping in an AngularJS web application with a modest 44-line PubNub JavaScript BLOCK and 73 lines of HTML/JS.
BuildJul 28, 2019
Add Turn-by-Turn Navigation with Mapbox Directions API
Mapbox Directions API provides a variety of navigation features for driving, cycling and walking, including turn-by-turn directions, traffic-aware routing, and ETA calculation. And with Mapbox, all your functionality is overlayed on one of their many beautiful vector maps. In this tutorial, we’ll...
BuildJul 28, 2019
Embed a Static Map and Update Geolocation with Mapbox
Mapbox is a flexible platform that provides a ton of awesome mapping and geolocation APIs. At PubNub, we love Mapbox because you can now build beautiful and interactive geolocation and tracking apps by integrating real-time functionality. With that, we’ve launched a number of Mapbox BLOCKS in our...
BuildJul 28, 2019
Multiplayer Gaming Basics Using Phaser – Occupancy Counter
How to build a JavaScript occupancy counter for multiplayer games that automatically updates a counter based on new users going online or offline.
BuildJul 28, 2019
Real-time Visualizations & Dashboards with Epoch and Python
There are a ton of dashboard and visualization tools out there – D3.js, EON and others, some of which you can find tutorials on right here at PubNub’s blog. In this tutorial, we’ll look at another option, Epoch, a general purpose real-time charting library for building beautiful, smooth,...
BuildJul 28, 2019
Real-time User and Device Detection with Presence
How to use Presence for real-time user and device detection.
BuildJul 25, 2019
Real-time Machine Learning: Online Learning with PubNub
Exploring one of the most popular machine learning algorithms in real time data streaming, online learning, including theory and building a machine learning model.
BuildJul 22, 2019
Making Chatbots Talk with IBM Watson Text-to-Speech
How to build a chatbot application that analyzes a stream of text, and uses Watson text-to-speech to speak based on customized thresholds.
InsightsJul 5, 2019
Amazon EC2: Reduce Server Costs, Get the Most at Scale
EC2 tuning for +1M TCP connections using Linux