Introduction

In this chapter, we will take a deeper look at the .NET client library on the Hubs API. From a functional perspective, this API does not differ from the JavaScript one; in fact, it basically offers the same features, the only difference being the platform it operates on. Hence, in this chapter, we'll keep the same outline that we used in Chapter 3, Using the JavaScript Hubs Client API, with recipes that are similar to the ones in that chapter.

This chapter will concentrate exclusively on the .NET client's code that we'll be writing; however, as usual, we will need a counterpart for the server Hub. In order to avoid repetition and complexity, we will use the same servers that we used in Chapter 3, Using the JavaScript Hubs Client API, and we'll connect the new clients to those servers to perform the operations. Clients will perform mostly the same actions as the corresponding ones from there. In this way, you will have a chance to easily compare the two APIs in action, discovering...