I'm tyring to reasearch how to do something but I'm not sure what exactly to ask, I keep getting results that are not relevant.

I will have a webpage with a table (grid, whatever - this is just concept at present). When the page loads, the table will be populated. If I make a change to the data in the table, I can update the server (Perl script) using ajax - as I don't want the user to submit a request that refreshes or navigates away from the page they have open.

However, if two people have that table open on different computers, the second user won't see my update unless they refresh the display.

While I could have javascript poll the server (another Perl script) for any changes, is that really the best way to do it? It sems so 1980's. So here is what I need to know:

What do I need to research, study, investigate, practice, pull my hair out over to achieve this live(ish) updating of data from the server (Perl script)? I'll research it, study it, learn it - I just need to know what it is I'm doing that with.

Pretty please and thank you.

In reply to What are the proper names by TorontoJim

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