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SignalR & WP8

MADNNico Vermeir

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Agenda

• What is SignalR?• What does it do?• Where is it used?• Demo• Take aways• Q&A

What is SignalR?SignalR & WP8

What is SignalR?

• Asp.net library• Client –Server two way communication• Leverages HTML5 WebSockets

– Fallback to other tech where not available

• Lots of platforms already supported– Windows Phone 8– Windows 8– Silverlight 5– Jquery– .NET 4.5

• More coming• https://github.com/SignalR/SignalR

What does it do?SignalR & WP8

What does it do?

• Connect/disconnect events• Grouping• Client – server connectivity

Where is it used?SignalR & WP8

Where is it used?

• Jabbr• Shootr• Goeleven.com• https://github.com/SignalR/SignalR/wiki

/Projects-Using-SignalR

(22 and counting)• Other possibilities–Multiplayer games– Anywhere polling is used

demoSignalR & WP8

Take aways

• Easy to use• Yet very powerful• Lots of client platforms• Very active development• Open source

Q&A

Thank you!SignalR & WP8