[Seaside] Seaside without HTTP

[Steve Wart]

James and Julian,

Thanks very much for the responses. I'll have a look at 2.9 and see if there
are are any opportunities for reuse. I am interested in using Magritte for
my domain model and I'll be checking out some of the patterns for session
management etc.

I'm tempted to use GemStone because it's familiar to me, but I think my
persistence requirements are fairly basic (famous last words). I'll be
starting with the simplest thing that will work, and HTTP is well-supported.
I'll be avoiding the Dark Forest of XML but other that I'm keeping an open
mind.

I'll let you know if Seaside presents any interesting synergies. It seems
there should be some benefits as this is fundamentally no different than a
web app with different transport and presentation components (and, er,
synchronized state among all clients).

I'm thinking I need signed and validated requests, but I'll dig more into
that before I raise any specific questions.

Steve

On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 10:36 PM, Julian Fitzell <jfitzell at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Steve,
>
> As long as it "makes sense" to use HTTP for what you're doing, Seaside
> may be a good fit. If you're not doing HTML, some pieces will be of
> less use to you but you can generate documents in any format you like
> and even leverage the Session logic if desired. You're walking off the
> well-trodden path, though, so you'll have to be prepared to dig in a
> bit and ask questions if you can't figure out where to plug in.
> Hopefully 2.9, with its clarified architecture, will help make this
> clearer.
>
> I can't say from what you posted whether Seaside is right for your use
> case or not but you can always just start writing something in
> Smalltalk and see if and when you want HTTP. Or as James says, you can
> start writing it in  HTTP and see whether you need something else. :)
>
> Julian
>
> On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 3:14 AM, Steve Wart <steve.wart at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I just listened to James Robertson's interview with Julian Fitzell today
> and
> > I thought it was great.
> >
> > I'd like to set up an server for an iPhone app that might have an HTTP
> > component for some features but for the most part it won't be web-based
> > (I'll probably be using Objective-C and some WebKit views with
> Javascript).
> >
> > It seems that Seaside is the right choice but I'm wondering if anyone has
> > any suggestions about how I might approach the problem.
> >
> > In general, I am thinking about a game server type of environment that
> > supports the following sorts of interactions:
> >
> > * secure user authentication
> > * create or join an existing game (basic app logic)
> > * navigate around with a WebView using a Google JavaScript API
> >   (probably with custom controls overlayed either as divs or native
> iPhone
> > components calling Javascript from Obj-C)
> > * maintain a shared domain model for the connected users within a game,
> > distinct from other sessions that may be running
> > * keep track of various attributes associated with the user sessions
> (e.g.
> > current IP address, GIS coordinates)
> >
> > Is this an appropriate use of Seaside or would I be better of just
> starting
> > from scratch with GemStone or Magma?
> >
> > I definitely want the "brains" of my app in Smalltalk
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Steve
> >
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