title: Use websocket for iOS app without Node.js?
body: <p>I recently found out about websockets, which seem to be the best alternative for letting the client (iOS app in my case) receive new data in real-time.</p>
  
  <p>I'm a relatively new Swift developer, so I know absolutely nothing about websockets, Node.js or JavaScript, three things that seem to be kind of important when using <code>Socket.IO</code>. </p>
  
  <p>It's discouraging to see there are absolutely ZERO resources online for JavaScript-noobs like myself. All the tutorials I found only demonstrate how to set up a Chat room in some sort of localhost server in Node.js. </p>
  
  <p>The tutorial that came closest to what I was looking for was <a href="https://www.appcoda.com/socket-io-chat-app/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">this Appcoda tutorial</a>, but even that one only demonstrates how to make your client communicate with yet another localhost server. </p>
  
  <p><strong>Can someone explain to me how I can configure a web socket on an actual server (the same server I use for retrieving and storing data with PHP), or is this not possible?</strong> </p>
  
  <p>Some better resources on how to set up an actual server-client connection are also welcome, instead of these vague localhost demo's.</p>