The tutorial provides a comprehensive guide on building a real-time chat application using Django Channels and the WebSocket protocol, which allows for bi-directional communication between client and server. The project, available on GitHub, enables users to join pre-created groups and exchange messages. It covers essential topics like setting up a WebSocket project in a development environment, creating client-side WebSocket code, configuring a WebSocket server with Django Channels, and understanding the WebSocket protocol. Django Channels extends Django's capabilities beyond HTTP, allowing asynchronous communication through a consumer model, which handles WebSocket connections and can communicate with other consumers using channel layers. Channel layers facilitate group messaging by enabling operations on consumers within the same group, which is crucial for real-time communication applications. The tutorial also integrates helpful tips for managing user interactions and events within the chat application. Additionally, it suggests using Earthly to optimize build processes for projects utilizing Django Channels.