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  • Using SignalR to broadcast a slide deck

    Using SignalR to broadcast a slide deck

    Dec 11
    06

    Last week, Ive discussed Techniques for real-time client-server communication on the web (SignalR to the rescue). Weve seen that when building web applications, you often face the fact that HTTP, the foundation of the web, is a request/response protocol. A client issues a request, a server handles this request and sends back a response. All the time, with no relation between the first request and subsequent requests. Also, since its request-based, there is no way to send messages from the serv...

  • Web API preview 6 is out: how to get a RESTful mind

    Web API preview 6 is out: how to get a RESTful mind

    Nov 11
    30

    As you may or may not have heard, yesterday WCF Web API preview 6 has been released. If you never heard about it I recommend you read the quick introduction on CodePlex, but basically it is a facility that helps you expose your services over the web, taking advantage of the richness of the HTTP protocol, in a RESTful way (vs using SOAP or other abstraction layers). Getting started resources on Web API To quickly get started with it you can download the code and samples, and download the co...

  • I’m Speaking at //BUILD!

    I’m Speaking at //BUILD!

    Sep 11
    13

    If you’re at the BUILD conference in Anaheim, I’ll be speaking in two sessions on Thursday. The first session’s title is a bit of a mouthful. Right now, the Channel 9 link is not up-to-date. Progressively enable the Mobile Web with ASP.NET MVC 4, HTML5 and jQuery Mobile Thursday, 9:00 AM The next generation web is built on HTML5 and JavaScript. You can combine this with jQuery Mobile and give everyone a great experience from tablets to the smallest mobile phone browser.  In this session...

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