Build a whole site using just websockets (via socket.io and node.js, no Ajax)?

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Is this possible? Has anyone tried it?

Using websockets means there are no httpheaders being exchanged (like in a Ajax request) so there is definately a boost in speed o

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Build a whole site using just websockets (via socket.io and node.js, no Ajax)? Is this possible? Has anyone tried it?

I didn't hear of such a thing, but there are many websites that use Ajax intensively.

Using websockets means there are no httpheaders being exchanged (like in a Ajax request) so there is definately a boost in speed of page display, however with the sockets you are holding a connection to the server even when nothing maybe happening, is this detrimental as number of users increase?

First of all not all the browser support native websockets, just a few actually do so probably most of your users will have to do some long-pooling or something similar.

with a connection being held between client and server, can the server still handle other clients connecting on the same port?

You are right here, but I guess if you are using something like Node.js and don't have tens of thousands of users connected this won't be a problem.