Well, I am trying to make an interface so that students can write
their code on the web and I can compile it and run it in a computer
cluster( Parallel Programs)... For them to see the how they work...
but I've never worked woth stuff like this :s I am really noobie , but
yes I need to create the file so to compile it and run it, yes its
something unususal and i don't know what a DB tier is :(

On Aug 3, 11:38 am, Daniel Jue <[email protected]> wrote:
> It really has nothing to do with GWT.  You would have a servlet on the
> serverside that responds to rpc calls, and the servlet would call some file
> writing command.  (in the simplest, non-refactored way).
> The file writing part doesn't care where the input came from.
> As in logging, you won't be able to guarantee what order the data comes in
> when getting RPC calls.  So multiple commands issued quicky may generate
> out-of-order text.
>
> This said, since you are asking kind of basic questions...
>
> Are you absolutely sure you want to write a file on the system?
> Are you trying to do something unusual?
>
> Most people would use a DB tier because it can handle multiple users and
> updates better, and it's easier to have a timestamp tacked onto the message,
> where it can be sorted.
> Cleaning up the filesystem can be a chore.
> Dealing with the filesystem is a chore. File locking? etc.
>
> On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 12:26 PM, Sednus <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Yes, I was planning to run it on my own server... but how do I make
> > that while still using GWT? is it possible?
>
> > On Aug 3, 11:04 am, Daniel Jue <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > Sure, you just have to run it on your own server, running jetty or
> > tomcat,
> > > etc.
>
> > > On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 12:00 PM, Sednus <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > > Well, I really need to create a file on the server side and write on
> > > > it whatever the user types on a text area.... is there any onther way
> > > > to accomplish this?
>
> > > > On Aug 3, 10:30 am, Jason Parekh <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > > > No, unfortunately you don't have file system access on App Engine.
> >  You
> > > > can
> > > > > store data in databases, but you won't have any file handlers to that
> > > > data.
> > > > > jason
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