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Django Push HTTP Response to users [closed]

September 9, 2023 by Tarik

HTTP is inherently a “pull” protocol–i.e., a client pulls data from a server, waits around for a while and then pulls more data later. There’s actually no strictly HTTP way to “push” data to a client from a server. You have basically three options when you need to “push” to a client. (1) Do polling–use … Read more

What does document.domain = document.domain do?

January 15, 2023 by Tarik

I actually wrote this code. When trying to do cross-subdomain/port comet, the iframe needs to have the same document.domain value as the parent frame. Unfortunately, the browser stores the domain name AND port internally for the original document.domain value. But the getter and setter in javascript knows nothing about the port. So the problem is … Read more