Channels adds asynchronous events to Django. This has the potential to make Django event-driven—to have things happen in the user’s browser in direct response to something changing. in this tutorial, Stuart modifies Django's tutorial polls app to make  so that poll rerults are updated in real time.

Django Channels for Real-time Updates

Preface

Django’s views system provides a perfectly good way to run a website. However, it’s sometimes useful to have real-time updates to data, without the user having to navigate around or refresh a page—for example, if you’ve got a lot of fast-changing content.

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