SignalR in asp.net website asmx project possibility?

Question

I'm new to signalR hope someone here can point me the way before I dive into it. I've got an asmx asp.net website (4.5). I have running applications (ios/android) that are consuming it, I want to improve my chat mechanism and after short research I've came into the SignalR.

My question is if I can work in the same website with both signalr and asmx webservies without interfering.

Thanks.

Answer 1

Yes, you can.

SignalR provides a "hub" which you can place in your asmx page. This hub then provides a connection to the server to send and receive SignalR events.

I recommend that you get started by checking out http://signalr.net/ and play with some samples there.