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ASP.NET SignalR is the new solution to real-time communication between servers and clients in .NET. Use it to push new data to a web page or mobile device as soon as it becomes available, whether its a notification, live chat, up-to-the-minute financial data, or a range of other exciting applications. Innovations like Google live search and live Facebook and Twitter updates are pushing users expectations of the real-time web. With , you can join this revolution and learn skills that will be valuable for years to come. starts with an introduction to the real-time web. Learn about the technologies underlying the SignalR library, such as WebSockets and long-polling, and how SignalR elegantly flips between them depending on the capabilities of the client. Next, meet the concepts of hubs and persistent connections and how to use them to build the components of an ASP.NET SignalR application. Find out how to extend, test, debug, configure, scale, and host your applications, and how to target a range of clients, including Windows and iOS. The book rounds off with two case studiesa stock market price updater, and a collaborative drawing applicationso you can get to grips with SignalR in a realistic scenario, using a broad range of the concepts covered in earlier chapters.As real-time updates to web and mobile apps become the norm, Pr will be your in-depth, one-stop companion to this new and exciting technology.What youll learnWho this book is for This book will suit professional ASP.NET developers familiar with C#, IIS and JavaScript. Table of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction to the Real-Time Web and ASP.NET SignalRChapter 2: Overview of SignalRChapter 3: Developing SignalR Applications using HubsChapter 4: Working with Persistent ConnectionsChapter 5: Debugging and TestingChapter 6: SignalR ClientsChapter 7: Extending SignalRChapter 8: Configuration and SecurityChapter 9: Building a Stock Market Price UpdaterChapter 10: Building a Collaborative Drawing Application