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@@ -2,13 +2,16 @@ Bullet ====== Bullet is a Cowboy handler and associated Javascript library for -maintaining a persistent connection to the server irregardless of -the browser used and the technologies available. +maintaining a persistent connection between a client and a server. -Bullet defines a common interface both client and server-side to -facilitate the handling of such connections. Bullet also takes care -of reconnecting automatically when the connection is lost, and of -the optional heartbeat managed client-side. +Bullet abstracts a general transport protocol familiar to WebSockets, and +is equipped with several "fallback" transports. Bullet will automatically +use one of these when the browser used is not able to support WebSockets. + +A common interface is defined for both client and server-side to easily +facilitate the handling of such connections. Bullet additionally takes care +of reconnecting automatically whenever a connection is lost, and also +provides an optional heartbeat which is managed on the client side. Today Bullet only supports websocket and long-polling transports. |