WebSockets MIX 11 Demo

Update: HTML5 labs has released a new version of the prototype based on version 07 of the WebSocket protocol. I've updated my demo to use this version, and I've tested successfully against a nightly build of firefox that also supports 07 (see link below).

I've had some requests for the source code for the tiny WebSockets demo I did at MIX. I’ve put the code up on github: https://github.com/paulbatum/WebSockets-MIX11-Demo

(You don’t need to use git to grab this, just click the download link.)

I don’t have a license to redistribute the two binaries that I reference: Microsoft.ServiceModel.Tcp.dll Microsoft.ServiceModel.WebSockets.dll

But these are included in the HTML5 Labs WebSocket prototype, which is here: http://html5labs.interoperabilitybridges.com/html5labs/prototypes/websockets/websockets/download/

Once the install is complete, you'll have the prototype bits at: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\WCF WebSockets or C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\WCF WebSockets if you are on a 32-bit OS.

If you are going to use the Silverlight plugin to simulate WebSockets, you'll need to drop the clientaccesspolicy.xml file (found in the bin folder) into your c:\inetpub\wwwroot folder.

If you want to use the private build of Firefox with support for 07 WebSockets, you can get this here: http://www.ducksong.com/misc/websockets-builds/ws-07/

Finally, you can follow along with the MIX video: http://channel9.msdn.com/events/MIX/MIX11/HTM10

My MIX video is up

My talk is here. It went reasonably smoothly - to be honest I'm just glad that the demo worked fine and I didn't manage to say anything insanely stupid.

There's lots of interesting talks online now, with more to come. Check em out:

http://live.visitmix.com/mix11

MIX 2011

I’m speaking at MIX this year! Craig Kitterman and I will be talking about WebSockets and taking a look at the prototype available on HTML5 Labs. If you are interested in WebSockets and prefer to develop on Windows, I definitely recommend you check out the prototype. It is WCF based but trust me you don’t have to write a line of XML, and its very simple to get a WebSocket server up and running.

MIX sessions are recorded so if you can’t make it to MIX don’t worry, all my stuff-ups will be caught on video and preserved for your amusement. I’ll post an update when the video is online.