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:

At this stage, the developer should have a basic knowledge of how SignalR works and what the developer needs to rethink when designing applications that have a persistent connection to the server.