Look Ma, Update DB to HTML5 Using C++ - No Hands

Explore a practical solution for seamlessly delivering data from storage to web end-users in this CppNow conference talk. Learn how to build an HTTP server generating WebSocket HTML5 pages using the POCO framework Net library, and add SQL database communication capabilities with the POCO Data library. Discover how to establish a callback hook for transparent web page updates triggered by database modifications. Dive into key building blocks like the Poco::Dynamic module for datatype erasure and Poco::Data::RowFormatter class for dynamic output formatting. Gain insights into efficient, type-independent data transport methods that significantly reduce network and web server overhead compared to traditional request/response models.