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

[John A. T. <jat...@ja...>]

On Thu, 7 Aug 2008, Erik Vos wrote:

> That sounds like an interesting option. How is client-server communication
> organized in this concept?

It looks like normal Java RPC, except that the RPC is async (ie, you get 
callbacks when it returns).

> A problem we would have with plain HTTP is, that the server will send
> unsolicited messages (i.e. updates from moves by other players).

This can be done with Comet or hanging gets.

One other benefit I didn't menion is that you can debug the client code in 
Eclipse (or other IDE) as easily as your server code.

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