socket.io and .Net socket server

Question

Excuse me if the question sounds silly but I have to ask. Is there a server side alternative to Node.js written in C#? I need a client framework to fully utilize Web Sockets but AFAIK IE doesn't support Web Sockets and nor will it support in it's next version. socket.io uses Web Sockets if available and falls back to BOSH if not. So I will try to connect to a socket server that is running on .Net Framework.

What are my alternatives?

Answer 1

Excuse me for raising this thread from the dead - my friend and I just posted a server-side websocket server for C#: https://github.com/Olivine-Labs/Alchemy-Websockets

It's fast, it's scalable, and doesn't do everything socket.io does, on purpose: it provides websockets and a flash fallback, which keeps it very lean and efficient. I see you've already done your own stuff, but check it out; and hopefully it'll help others on SO.

Answer 2

Might be an answer to an old question, but I'll write here in case other finds this question using a search engine. Have a look at SignalR (http://signalr.net/) for that abstraction. For a nice post on what SignalR is please read Scott Hanselman's post http://www.hanselman.com/blog/AsynchronousScalableWebApplicationsWithRealtimePersistentLongrunningConnectionsWithSignalR.aspx.