Server-sent events
Traditionally, a web page has to send a request to the server to receive new data; that is, the page requests data from the server. With server-sent events, it's possible for a server to send new data to a web page at any time, by pushing messages to the web page. These incoming messages can be treated as Events + data inside the web page.
Documentation
- Using server-sent events (en-US)
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A tutorial guide to writing both server and client side part of a server-sent events app.
- EventSource reference (en-US)
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A reference to the client-side EventSource API.
Tools
- Remy Sharp’s EventSource polyfill
- Yaffle’s EventSource polyfill
- Rick Waldron’s jquery plugin
Related Topics
See also
- A Twitter like application powered by server-sent events and its code on Github.
- HTML5 and Server-sent events
- Server-sent events using Asp.Net