SignalR Real-time Application Cookbook

Chapter 3. Using the JavaScript Hubs Client API

In this chapter, we will cover:

• 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

Introduction

Now, it's time to move our attention to the client side of SignalR. We've already written the client-side code in the previous chapters and briefly described the steps we needed to build fully working recipes; however, we never went into the details. Nevertheless, the client portion of any SignalR application is as necessary and important as the server counterpart. Here, we'll explore how a SignalR client really works and concentrate ...