Using WebSocket on Windows 7

Question

I just installed visual studio 2012 RC and tried to run a service with netHttpBinding enabling WebSocket and get the following error

This platform does not support s

Answer 1

I ran into the same problem and solved it by using Fleck. Trivially simple to implement:

One. NuGet add Fleck reference

Two. Create your webserver socket

// Create Websocket server
websocketServer = new Fleck.WebSocketServer("ws://localhost:82");
websocketServer.Start(socket =>
{
    socket.OnOpen = () => Console.WriteLine("Open!");
    socket.OnClose = () => Console.WriteLine("Close!");
    socket.OnMessage = message => socket.Send(message);
});

I now have a a ASP.NET Self Host web API on one port and the websockets connection running along side it.