Using Comet to Build Interactive Interfaces
summary
Comet techniques for building interactive web interfaces are presented, focusing on long-lived HTTP connections (long polling, streaming) to push updates from server to browser. The talk explains how to implement Comet with web servers and client JavaScript, covering connection management, scalability challenges in high-load systems, and practical approaches to handle many concurrent clients.
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chapters (11)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:29Instant notifications matter
- 4:01Persistent connections reduced
- 7:11Data sharing between tabs
- 12:09Electing main tab
- 17:09Tab communication
- 19:20Cleaning orphaned subs
- 21:08LocalStorage event solution
- 25:05Connection loss impact
- 26:53Future improvements
- 30:09Q&A
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