Client-Server Communication in Perl CGI

> Hi Friends,
>
> I have a requirement like this,
>
> My client program is a browser, and the server may be run in perl, ror
> or any other server side scripting. The browser has to send the
> request to the server once, after that the server has to keep track of
> the client and send the response frequently to the client.
>
> One way we can achieve this with Applets. Is there any other way to
> achieve this ??

<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ajax_(programming)> for more info.

for example <http://oreilly.com/openbook/cgi/ch06_06.html>.

<http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/LinuxMag/col39.html>

> In article
>> My client program is a browser, and the server may be run in perl, ror
>> or any other server side scripting. The browser has to send the
>> request to the server once, after that the server has to keep track of
>> the client and send the response frequently to the client.
>>
>> One way we can achieve this with Applets. Is there any other way to
>> achieve this ??
> Sounds like 'AJAX' to me.

> I am only familiar with the concept, not the
> methods, so I can't say for sure. See
><http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ajax_(programming)> for more info.
> For vanilla HTTP, the choice is "server push" and "client pull". See,
> for example <http://oreilly.com/openbook/cgi/ch06_06.html>.
> For an example of client pull, see