Re: [Rails-devel] [18xx] Rails

[Erik V. <eri...@hc...>]

Hi John,

That sounds like an interesting option. How is client-server communication
organized in this concept?
A problem we would have with plain HTTP is, that the server will send
unsolicited messages (i.e. updates from moves by other players).

I think this could be a further development, after we have split off our
current UI to a separate client.

Erik.

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> On Tue, Aug 5, 2008 at 12:18 PM, Erik Vos <eri...@hc...> wrote:
> 
> > I could also start working towards a version that would 
> allow on-line play
> > in some form or shape. As we already have a complete 
> graphical interface
> > programmed in Java, the simplest approach might be to split 
> the existing
> > system in a client and a server part (in fact, I already 
> have been gradually
> > working towards such a split for the last 2 years, but it 
> is far from done).
> > For the user interface this could lead to either a Java 
> client program, to
> > be installed on local PCs, or a Java applet, that could be 
> accessed over the
> > Web. However, Java applets are notorious for their long download and
> > initialization times, so I don't know if working with such 
> an applet would
> > be an appealing foresight for many people.
> >   
> Another option is Google Web Toolkit for the client side.  You can't 
> take the existing UI code and port it, but you can write in a 
> familiar 
> style and then have the GWT compiler translate it to 
> Javascript to run 
> in the browser.  Now applets to download, no requirement to have Java 
> installed, etc.  If you are interested in further discussion 
> about it, I 
> would be happy to fill in the details as I work on it for Google.
> 
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