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Agenda

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

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?

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

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

DEMO

Take aways

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

Q&A