socket.io and .Net socket server

comet websocket
Élodie Petit picture Élodie Petit · Nov 9, 2010 · Viewed 8.2k times · Source

Excuse me if the question sounds silly but I have to ask. Is there a server side alternative to Node.js written in C#? I need a client framework to fully utilize Web Sockets but AFAIK IE doesn't support Web Sockets and nor will it support in it's next version. socket.io uses Web Sockets if available and falls back to BOSH if not. So I will try to connect to a socket server that is running on .Net Framework.

What are my alternatives?

Answer

Jack Lawson picture Jack Lawson · Mar 24, 2011

Excuse me for raising this thread from the dead - my friend and I just posted a server-side websocket server for C#: https://github.com/Olivine-Labs/Alchemy-Websockets

It's fast, it's scalable, and doesn't do everything socket.io does, on purpose: it provides websockets and a flash fallback, which keeps it very lean and efficient. I see you've already done your own stuff, but check it out; and hopefully it'll help others on SO.

Related questions

What are Long-Polling, Websockets, Server-Sent Events (SSE) and Comet?

I have tried reading some articles, but I am not very clear on the concepts yet. Would someone like to take a shot at explaining to me what these technologies are: Long Polling Server-Sent Events Websockets Comet One thing that …

Read More
WebSockets protocol vs HTTP

There are many blogs and discussions about WebSocket and HTTP, and many developers and sites strongly advocate WebSockets, but I still can not understand why. for example (arguments of WebSocket lovers): HTML5 Web Sockets represents the next evolution of web …

Read More
My Understanding of HTTP Polling, Long Polling, HTTP Streaming and WebSockets

I have read many posts on SO and the web regarding the keywords in my question title and learned a lot from them. Some of the questions I read are related to specific implementation challenges while others focus on general …

Read More