SSEBin
If your browser supports Server-Sent-Events, you should see a counter updating once every
2 seconds.
Sorry, your browser does not support Server Sent Events. :(
Though neglected by many as Websockets' halfwit cousin, Server Sent Events have a few
awesome properties:
- Parsing is built right into the browser.
- Reconnects are handled automatically by the browser.
- With the exception of IE, browser support is really good.
- They're served over plain old http, so there's no need to open a
separate port and/or run a separate server. (At the time of writing
Heroku apps can't use Websockets, for example, but they can use SSEs
just fine.) It's highly recommended, however, that you use a server that
can hold open a lot of simultaneous connections. This app uses Gevent.