Preface

This preface gives you a look at what this book consists of, conventions and details about downloading, and more. In addition, it establishes a common understanding, setting the theme for the rest of the book. It walks you through the history of application development, especially that of web applications.

The topics that will be covered are as follows:

  • Why we need to think differently about our applications and how they relate to a server
  • The different techniques that can be used without something like SignalR
  • The protocols and techniques that SignalR uses to do what it does
  • Why we need something like SignalR
  • What UX improvements one could have in an application when applying SignalR

At this stage, the developer should have a basic knowledge ...

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