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The technology behind it is really old, but it was new to me, worth checking out. Basically you can implement websocket like functionality, without using webso
by faeyanpiraat 7y ago
The technology behind it is really old, but it was new to me, worth checking out.
Basically you can implement websocket like functionality, without using websockets. Super simple and robust realtime messaging from your php server code to your JS frontend, without dependencies.
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- mschuster91 7y agoOh god, this reminds me of ... what was it? 2004? with CGI and streaming HTML with multipart? Glad to see that what was a horrible hack back then is now at least a proper standard. Thanks!