Re: [Mod-pubsub-developer] New web server, new start

[Joyce P. <tru...@ya...>]

Forwarding for Alex:

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On Sunday 17 October 2004 12:59 pm, Asynch Messaging wrote:
> > [...] our new JavaScript client would require changes to all the
> > old CGI apps
>
> What are the nature of the changes? Minor replace of 'kn' with
> something else, or a completely different API set?

So I think I can answer that one (since I'm the guy that wrote the new 
client library). The client included in repubsub.tar.gz library is a 
rewrite from top to bottom. It no longer supports 4.x browsers in any 
way, but now provides support for Safari and doesn't do the whole 
"stop everything, re-hoist, now GO" dance any more. All of the 
interfaces for using the library are likewise different, since the 
dispatching method used internally is based on Signals and Slots 
instead of context piclking. This also makes the client an order of 
magnitude faster than the old one, and something like 1/3rd the size.

Internally, the library now supports both "peering" and "non-peering" 
modes, where the default is now "non-peering", which makes for a much 
more robust client. The API for subscribing and un-subscribing is 
completely different (and hopefully easier to use), although I do 
recognize that the APIs for this are getting lost in the noise of the 
documentation. I plan on adding a facade API that will give us the 
simplest way to perform the common actions needed in writing for 
pubsub. Until then, the RSS scroller demo should give you a feeling 
for how to use the new API.

The docs for the new client are avaialable at:

	http://mod-pubsub.org/repubsub/docs/repubsub.html

or:
	
	http://mod-pubsub.org/repubsub/docs/repubsub.pdf

Regards

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Alex Russell
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--- Asynch Messaging <asy...@ho...> wrote:

> 
> > [...] our new JavaScript client would require changes to all the old CGI
> apps
> What are the nature of the changes? Minor replace of 'kn' with something
> else, or a completely different API set?