The WebSocket protocol is a new networking protocol for web developers’ burgeoning toolbox. Aside from its inclusion as a core technology in HTML5 and its rapid adoption by all the major browsers from desktop to tablets and smartphones, why would the web developer care about yet another web technology?
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By 2000, most major corporations worldwide had some kind of web presence. In the developing world, the personal computer revolution resulted in most households having Internet access through at least one channel. Businesses were rapidly building their presences on the Internet as a means of showcasing their products and services, and ...
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