Wow.
I just looked at Signalr again…
Just added the Git package to a web application, added the git package for the stock ticker example, fixed the bug on the stockticker html page that referenced the wrong version of the sample .js and ran it.
Ok, a stock ticker with values pushed from the server. Nice.
Then I looked for the “service configuration” at the server end. You know: all that XML you get wrong setting up a WCF service?
None. Nope, not a bit.
The client is HTML + Javascript and none there either!
And you can use it for calling services as well as streaming data to the client.
So again: WOW!
And you look at the code and go: that looks easy, and then knock up an example yourself just to make sure (Silverlight client this time). And yes, it really is that simple.
I’ll do some more detailed posts after I calm down 🙂