I recently came across this article: https://www.clairereynaud.net/blog/adding-offline-mode-to-your-mobile-app/ May be of interest as it deals with versions and revisions to track conflict between changes...
On Saturday, 21 February 2015 16:45:40 UTC+2, Blazor wrote: > > Hi all, > > I was asked to design a new django app by a client whose needs are a > little bit context-specific. > > The purpose of this app is to introduce computer-assisted technologies in > a paper-based environment, in the e-Health domain. This client would like > to access a central server with a few mobile clients with the constraint of > a non-permanent internet connection, because the location of the mobile > clients is continuously changing and an internet connection might not > always be available. > > My current idea is based on a portable small server (a nettop, or even a > raspberry pi, as the computing power is not a problem for this app) with a > django app on it and a wireless access point for providing mobile clients > with an always-on portable server reachability. At the same time, I'd like > other clients around the world (a very little number, though) to still be > able to access a central remote version of the same service, so I'd still > deploy the same app (with its own DB replica) within a remote server. > > I hope I made my client's requirements clear: how would you manage the > synchronization between the two DBs, given that both DBs need a write > access and that the only relaxation of this constraint is that when the > portable server is on, the remote DB might work in a read-only mode (but > this is not required). > > Thanks in advance for any suggestions you'll provide me with. > B. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-users/0c2ce9d3-0c99-40c6-877f-51aba502a9e0%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
