Documentation update to help new programmers#2599
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The documentation, inadvertently, causes confusion for newer programmers, hindering their learning curve and ability to learn `socket.io` faster. This proposed change aims at preventing this confusion to allow new programmers easier access to resources, especially when searching the web for more information. The name `socket` in the documentation refers to the API gateway, or abstraction layer, related to the `client` and other properties. However, in the rest of the programming world, `sockets` usually refer to Berklee sockets or the lower-level communication channel that is used to implement Protocols such as the Websocket Protocol and HTTP. New programmers often search for more informations using the `sockets` keyword when they are grappling with learning the `socket.io` API. A good example is the stack overflow site, where newer programmers incorrectly tag their questions `sockets` and in turn don't get a fast response to their questions. By simply changing the name of the variable used to describe socket.io's "Socket" class instances from `socket` to `client`, this mixup should be mitigated considerably.
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I only updated the README, the failing build is not my fault... |
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The documentation, inadvertently, causes confusion for newer programmers, hindering their learning curve and ability to learn
socket.iofaster.This proposed change aims at preventing this confusion in order to allow new programmers easier access to resources, especially when searching the web for more information.
The name
socketin the documentation refers to the API gateway, or the abstraction layer, related to theclientand other properties. However, in the rest of the programming world,socketsusually refer to Berklee sockets or the lower-level communication channel that is used to implement Protocols such as the Websocket Protocol and HTTP.New programmers often search for more informations using the
socketskeyword when they are grappling with learning thesocket.ioAPI. These searches are ineffective, and hinder new programmers from accessing the information they need and advancing as fast as they could have been advancing.A good example is the stack overflow site, where newer programmers incorrectly tag their questions
socketsand in turn their questions don't reach the right community and don't get a (prompt) response.By simply changing the name of the variable used to describe socket.io's "Socket" class instances from
sockettoclient, this mixup should be mitigated considerably.