Hi Mark thanks for your reply.
I did 'help' on the pws majordomo to see if I could check my settings
and it offered no way to see if I would receive my replies back. So I
never knew if it made it to the pws list or not.
My definition of scalable in this context is simple. If I develop a
website with Squeak/Comanche and it starts receiving a large volume of
hits, how would Squeak/Comanche handle it? If my website began to suffer
due to the volume of hits, what options do I have? Add another machine?
Get a faster machine? Get a machine with more processors?
Can it handle being Slashdotted? What if a Squeak site became the next
Yahoo or 'big thing'.
I have been to the site below and many, many others including,
http://comanche.swiki.net . It is difficult to come to an understanding
of the situation. There isn't a lot of documentation or information. I
went to the PWS archives and it only gave me from January to March. I
sent an 'index pws' to the majordomo and there aren't any. So I could
get any archives that way.
The reason I am wanting to know is because I am about to begin
development. I do not know Squeak/Smalltalk. I am interested in finding
out from those who do, some information which would help me to determine
if it's current status is worth me investing time to learn
Squeak/Smalltalk.
I anticipate a high volume website with million(s) of hits per day. As
usual, only putting it up and time will tell. :)
Thanks again for any information you can provide for my decision.
Jimmie Houchin
Mark Guzdial wrote:
>
> Jimmie, I did get your message (re: your query on the Squeak list).
>
> >I am currently in the process of developing a website. I am looking at
> >the possibility of developing with Squeak, Comanche, etc. I have a few
> >questions.
> >
> >Is this the appropriate list for Comanche questions? It seems that it is
> >based on the few messages I've seen since subscribing.
>
> Yes
>
> >What other web development questions are on topic?
>
> Squeak-based ones: PWS, Comanche.
>
> >
> >What is the current status of developing websites in Squeak/Comanche?
>
> There are lots of them. See http://pbl.cc.gatech.edu/myswiki
>
> >
> >I've browsed the wikis and haven't come up with a good answer.
> >
> >How scalable is Comanche? What are it's scaling options?
>
> Scalable along what parameters? users? processors? number of sites?
>
> >
> >What are the current development options with Comanche?
> >Like web app servers, ssp, etc...
>
> Everything is within Squeak. It runs well with thousands of users at Tech.
>
> Does that serve as a starting point?
>
> Mark
>
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