Connecting to a Javascript TCP Server

Question

I created a server daemon that creates some data, such as messages, etc. But what they are interested in is customer monitoring. For example, I have a web page, and I need to establish a permanent Tcp connection with the server and show all incoming data in a text box. I know this can be done with flash, but im looking for a JS implementation.

Is this possible and what are the best practices?

Answer 1

What you ask for is called Comet . There are many server programs and client libraries - see the related Wikipedia page.

Answer 2

WebSockets is designed to solve this problem.