Supporting Server side update - Like Chat application

General
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Hello,
I just discovered Vaadin today. It looks very attractive to me.

I have a question, how can I support a Chat-like application ? Can server sends status update to the clients ?

many thanks
canal

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Hi,

If you’re talking about server push, you should have a look at the ICEPush add-on:
http://vaadin.com/directory#addon/icepush
 - note that it comes with a chat demo:

http://artur.virtuallypreinstalled.com/ICEPushChat/

Vaadin also supports polling, of course.

Best Regards,
Marc

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thank you, I will try it out soon.

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May I know where can I get the source code of
http://artur.virtuallypreinstalled.com/ICEPushChat/

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Hi,

This is a great source of various haxies:
http://dev.vaadin.com/svn/incubator/

I’d also suggest to read my blog post related to the subject:
https://vaadin.com/web/matti/blog/-/blogs/to-push-or-dontpush

cheers,
matti