Microsoft 70-486: Design and implement a WebSocket strategy

Exam Objectives

Read and write string and binary data asynchronously (long-running data transfers), choose a connection loss strategy, decide a strategy for when to use WebSockets, implement SignalR

Quick Overview of Training Materials

Exam Ref 70-486: Developing ASP.NET MVC 4 Web Applications - Objective 1.6
Programming ASP.NET MVC 4 (OReilly) - Chapter 11
OReilly - Websockets

Start Using HTML5 WebSockets Today
The HTML5 WebSocket API (Slideshare)

Channel 9 - Building real-time web apps with HTML5 WebSockets - 1 hour video, Client side
MSDN - WebSockets: Stable and Ready for Developers
Channel 9 - Building apps with WebSockets using IIS, ASP.NET and WCF - 1 hour video, Server side
Channel 9 - Web Dev Futures Day Session 5: Building real-time apps with WebSockets
Channel 9 - Building Real-Time Applications with ASP.NET SignalR
Channel 9 - Damian Edwards and David Fowler Demonstrate SignalR
Microsoft Virtual Academy - Lighting Up Real-Time Web Communications with SignalR
Simple server implemtation in C# EchoHandler.ashx.cs

Tutorial: Getting Started with SignalR 2
Introduction to Scaleout in SignalR

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