SignalR Realtime Application Cookbook

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SignalR Real-time Application Cookbook

Credits

About the Author

Acknowledgments

About the Reviewers

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Preface

What this book covers

What you need for this book

Who this book is for

Conventions

Reader feedback

Customer support

Chapter 1. Understanding the Basics

Introduction

Adding a Hub to an ASP.NET project

Adding a Hub to a self-hosting application

Connecting to a Hub from a JavaScript client

Connecting to a Hub from a .NET application

Chapter 2. Using Hubs

Introduction

Adding a method to a Hub and counting the calls to it

Calling back the caller from a Hub's method

Broadcasting to all connected clients

Adding a connection to a group

Removing a connection from a group

Broadcasting to all connected clients except the caller

Broadcasting to all clients except the specified ones

Broadcasting to all clients in a group except the caller

Broadcasting from outside a Hub

Using the return value of a Hub method

Chapter 3. Using the JavaScript Hubs Client API

Introduction

Starting a Hub connection

Setting up connection transport strategies

Calling a server-side Hub method

Adding a client-side method on the proxy and calling it from the server

Managing errors across a complex asynchronous workflow

Chapter 4. Using the .NET Hubs Client API

Introduction

Starting a Hub connection

Setting up connection transport strategies

Calling a server-side Hub method

Adding a client-side method on the proxy and calling it from the server

Managing errors across a complex asynchronous workflow

Chapter 5. Using a Persistent Connection

Introduction

Adding and registering a persistent connection

Sending messages from the server

Sending messages to the server

Exchanging messages between a server and a JavaScript client

Exchanging messages between a server and a .NET client

Chapter 6. Handling Connections

Introduction

Controlling the lifetime of a connection

Handling a connection transient state

Establishing a cross-domain connection

Chapter 7. Analyzing Advanced Scenarios

Introduction

Generating static files for JavaScript proxies

Authorizing requests on a Hub

Authorizing requests on a persistent connection

Authorizing requests in a self-hosting context

Scaling up

Scaling out with Azure

Scaling out with Redis

Scaling out with SQL Server

Establishing proxy-less connections

Introducing dependency injection (simple approach)

Introducing dependency injection (advanced approach)

Using dependency injection to replace a default behavior

Extending the Hub pipeline

Handling errors

Chapter 8. Building Complex Applications

Introduction

Implementing a room-based chat application

Implementing a shared whiteboard

Implementing a real-time map of flying airplanes

Implementing a "pets finder" application

Implementing a custom backplane

Implementing a real-time error notification system

Appendix A. Creating Web Projects

Introduction

Creating an empty ASP.NET web application

Creating an ASP.NET web forms application

Creating an ASP.NET MVC application

Creating an MVC controller and a related view

Creating an ASP.NET website

Appendix B. Insights

Transport strategies

Asynchronous programming and SignalR