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Therisa Campbell
Therisa Campbell
1,873 Points
Posted by Therisa Campbell
Therisa Campbell
1,873 Points

Newbie going through html/css, what would be a reason to set a website to refresh every 30 seconds? Not sure the purpose

I've been going through my css and html, and I've noticed a few developers doing it but not sure what is the true purpose for refreshing the web page very few seconds, Just need a little curious

2 Answers

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points

This might be done if the web site contained some rapidly-changing information, such as airline fight arrival time updates, or a webcam image.

But there are more elegant ways to to refresh page information other than a full reload. See the courses on AJAX and Fetch.