As the rails cast shows it will involve a lot of coding to handle the offline mode. However pretty much anything you can do in rails can be done in hobo. So I wouldn't rule Hobo out on that note. However Hobo nor Rails is really designed for this type of operation, it needs to be added manually so I wouldn't rule out another option that might work better in this situation. I'm a big fan of using the right tool for the job and not the one size fits all approach. I don't know Meteor so I can't speak to it.
Bob On Thursday, October 25, 2012 5:16:18 AM UTC-4, Anand wrote: > > Folks, > > I am new to Hobo and would appreciate your advise. I am exploring using > Hobo to build an application that would need to also work "offline". > Basically, it would be used by a cellphone user with an intermittent data > connection. Therefore, whenever there's an internet connection available, > it would sync with the server. We can assume that 90% of the time, an > Internet connection will be available, but 10% of the time there would be a > break in Internet availability for, say, a few hours. Is Hobo a good choice > for building something like this? I see that there's a Railscast on > building offline apps with Rails which involves a lot of javascript and > HTML5 based local storage, but it can be done with Rails. > > Would all that also work with Hobo? > > Some people have recommended Meteor as a framework for building apps that > support offline operation and immediate syncing whenever Internet is > available. Any thoughts on going that route v/s using Hobo? I do > understand that Hobo will be much faster for making a lot of the common > functionality. However, I'm not sure if for offline apps, it would still > work as a good choice. > > Thank you for your insights and advice, anyone who can share. > Regards, > > - Anand > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Hobo Users" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/hobousers/-/53zAHz00gNUJ. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hobousers?hl=en.
