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Pro HTML5 with Visual Studio 2015
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Pro HTML5 with Visual Studio 2015

by Mark J. Collins
June 2015
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
452 pages
9h 59m
English
Apress
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CHAPTER 13

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WebSockets

As I explained in Chapter 1, the web application pulls data from a web server. The client initiates the transfer by sending a request to the server. The response is then rendered in the browser. All web application design is based on this request-response paradigm. However, websocket technology opens up a whole new world, allowing server-initiated communication with client applications.

Socket technology is not new. Sockets have been used for decades as an effective protocol for point-to-point communication between applications. The exciting news, however, is that the W3C has included a WebSocket API specification as part ...

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