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HTML5 Applications with ASP.NET Web Forms. Stephen Walther Superexpert.com Stephen.Walther@Superexpert.com. Agenda. What features matter for data-driven apps? WebSockets Web Workers Web Storage IndexedDB Offline Applications. HTML5 WebSockets – Overview .
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HTML5 Applications with ASP.NET Web Forms Stephen Walther Superexpert.com Stephen.Walther@Superexpert.com
Agenda What features matter for data-driven apps? • WebSockets • Web Workers • Web Storage • IndexedDB • Offline Applications
HTML5 WebSockets– Overview • Enables lightweight two-way communication over a TCP socket. • Long Polling, Slow Talking, Server Push, Comet • Stock Notifications, Chat, Games
HTML5 WebSockets – Standards • Protocol – IETF April 2011 standard at: • http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-hybi-thewebsocketprotocol-07 • JavaScript API – W3C June 2011 standard at: • http://dev.w3.org/html5/websockets/
HTML5 WebSockets – Browser Support • Chrome • Chrome9+ • Safari • Safari5, iOS Safari • Firefox • Firefox4, Firefox6 • Internet Explorer • IE9 Web Socket support was removed from Firefox because of security issues
HTML5 WebSockets – Server Support • IIS • Jetty • Node.js Microsoft HTML5 Labs WebSockets server: • http://html5labs.interoperabilitybridges.com/
HTML5 WebSockets – API Create a new socket with window.WebSocket: varwebsocket= new WebSocket("ws://SomeSite.com/chat");
HTML5 WebSockets – API 3 Methods: • send(DOMString) • send(ArrayBuffer) • send(Blob) 1 Property • readyState 4 Events: • onopen • onmessage • onclose • onerror
HTML5 WebSockets – Demos Creating a super simple Chat Service…
HTML5 WebSockets – Demos Creating a multiplayer online game… http://samples.superexpert.com/wsgame
HTML5 Web Workers – Overview • Enables you to run a script in a background thread (run multi-threaded JavaScript). • Useful when you don’t want to block the UI thread when executing a long running script. • Standard located here: • http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-workers/current-work/
HTML5 Web Workers – Support • Firefox • Chrome • Safari • Opera • Internet Explorer
HTML5 Web Workers – API Create a new worker with window.Worker: var worker = new window.Worker(“DoSomethingHard.js”);
HTML5 Web Workers – API Methods: • importScripts() • postMessage() • close() • myWorker.terminate() Events: • myWorker.onmessage • myWorker.onerror
HTML5 Client Data Overview • Web Storage – key/value storage on the browser. • IndexedDB – key/value storage on the browser with support for cursors and indices • Web SQL - relational database support in the browser (SqlLite).
HTML5 Web Storage – Overview Web Storage (AKA DOM Storage): • Session Storage • Local Storage (Originally called Global Storage in Firefox) Standard at: http://www.w3.org/TR/2009/WD-webstorage-20090910/
HTML5 Web Storage Browser Support: • Chrome5 (5 Megs) • Firefox2 (5 Megs) • Opera10 (5 Megs) • Safari4 (5Megs) • IE8 (10 Megs)
HTML5 Web Storage sessionStorage: • length • key(index) • setItem(key, string) • getItem(key) • removeItem(key) • clear() Page specific and not session specific
HTML5 Web Storage localStorage: • length • key(index) • setItem(key, string) • getItem(key) • removeItem(key) • clear()
HTML5 Web Storage DataJS: Using DataJS to prefetch pages
HTML5 IndexedDB – Overview • Not a relational database, key value database • Does not use SQL • Supports indices, constraints, transactions
HTML5 IndexedDB Browser Support: • Firefox4 (mozIndexedDB) • Google Chrome 12 (webkitIndexedDB) • IE9 (HTML Labs plugin)
HTML5 IndexedDB Firefox stores the IndexedDB database here: C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\shhxrq9s.default\indexedDB
HTML5 Offline Web Applications Use a web application even when you are not connected to the Internet Standard located at: • http://www.w3.org/TR/html5/offline.html
HTML5 Offline Web Applications Browser Support: • Chrome • Firefox • Safari • Opera • IE9
HTML5 Offline Web Applications <html manifest=“manifest.ashx” /> Cache Manifest # version 2 # Content Images/karlsruhe.jpg Content/Site.css NETWORK: Services/SomeService.svc
HTML5 Offline Web Applications window.applicationCache Properties: • status – UNCACHED, IDLE, CHECKING, DOWNLOADING, UPDATEREADY, OBSOLETE Methods: • update() • swapCache() Events: • onchecking, onerror, onupdate, ondownloading, onprogress, onupdateready, oncached, onobsolete
HTML5 Offline Web Applications window.navigator.online: • true – browser might be online. • false – browser definitely offline.
Big HTML5 Demo JavaScript Reference Application: • http://Samples.Superexpert.com/JavaScriptReference Demonstrates: • Web Storage • Offline Web Applications • Works with IE, Chrome, Firefox, Opera, Safari
Download the Sample Code Visit Stephen Walther’s blog to download the sample code for this talk: • http://StephenWalther.com
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