Converting asp.net timer triggered update panel to MVC

I'm in the process of converting my asp.net app to asp.net mvc. I'm using a master page which contains a div that currently renders a partial view. This partial view displays the model data that I want displayed.

I saved the "best" for last and that is to convert开发者_如何学Python an asp.net timer triggered update panel to MVC. I'm an asp.net MVC newbie. Any suggestions? I've seen an example in this forum that uses a form and a submit button. How do I add a timer? Do I simply set up a timer in my controller and every time in fires return my partial view? Do I even need the form? Thanks

Triggering AJAX requests at regular intervals to a controller action that returns a partial view should suffice:

public ActionResult SomePartial()
{
    // return PartialView.ascx partial view containing an HTML fragment
    return PartialView();
}

And in your javascript:

$(function() {
    // trigger an ajax request to the controller action every 5s
    // and inject the returned HTML fragment into a div with id="result"
    window.setInterval(function() {
        $('#result').load('/home/somepartial');
    }, 5000);
});

Should update div tag with id="result" in the markup:

<div id="result"></div>