Just In Time

A.D. Slaton
Sep 3, 2018 · 2 min read

What do you do when there is a requirement to have all web apps display the same info at the same time?

Polling on a interval!

The use of polling can work but is highly dependent on when the consuming client sets the timeout interval. It is possible for an update to be missed. If multiple changes occur while the consuming client is within the defined interval, only the last change will be seen.

Let’s take an application that had a defined set timeout interval of 60 seconds. If the initial data was set to change while it was at 25 seconds and again at 45…

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