Alternative to polling on REST service?
问题 I have to implement a REST WebService that has different Clients (Silverlight, WPF). The point is to make use of the http advantages. I must push updates tp my clients (and i have no idea, what is the best option for that). Most of the tutorials are about using REST and Comet for chating application, which is not suitable for my case. I cant find any samples for my senario 1) Is polling a good practice? Will i eventually face some problems? Which one? 2) I want to introduce a web client