Technically yes, that's the benefit of web sockets I listed.

But he said he's triggering it from the client via angular, which means requesting the update.

And in this case I'd like to know the benefits over a normal XMLHttpRequest.

I'm not triggering an update from the client side. The client is listening on a web socket and waits for updates coming from the server.

Greetings,
-jo

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> I'm not triggering an update from the client side

Maybe you should be clearer in your statements?

You said:

> > > > > where the page's content depends on some JS variables and is automatically refreshed whenever a variable's value changes.

> The client is listening on a web socket and waits for updates coming from the server.

Neither new nor "more advanced".

I already listed this in my last point about web sockets.

Cheers Rolf
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