On Aug 16, 2011, at 10:00 AM, Jim Ruther Nill <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 9:04 PM, Genji <[email protected]> wrote: > Thank you for the answers. > > Using a scheduler or a external cron service still means to use a > worker, right? > But would the "js - way" need a worker for that task? (js means java > script or not?) > The problem is just that i never did something with javascript... > So maybe i could set it up like Jim said and using the rufus-scheduler > in place of js (https://github.com/jmettraux/rufus-scheduler )? > But there is one question left. > Would this be more productive? I still have to check every user to > know who is logged in and who is not. Would java script change this? > Right now it would be: > one process for all users -- long running > would java script change it to : > one process for one user without a background worker? > > btw: Cronjob sounds great for checking the points of the players... > > > The main reason I suggested using js is so that the user's view will > always be updated and/or correct. Having a background job do the > updates will only update the database. The user still has to refresh > the page to get the current amount of resources. Or you'd still have > to update the page via ajax so that the values are updated. > > To answer your question, a js will at most send 1 request to your server > every hour, which is much more acceptable than sending a request to > the server every minute just so that the server can update the resources' > values via ajax. One thing to keep in mind with the JavaScript method is that if a person wants to cheat they may be able to fake extra js requests. For multiplayer this may be a problem. Easily handled with a little extra checking on the server when the requests come in, though. -r > On 16 Aug., 11:37, Jigar Patel <[email protected]> wrote: > > Create an endpoint and call it using external cron service. > > > > http://www.setcronjob.com/ > > > > -- > > Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.com/. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. > 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/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en. > > > > > -- > ------------------------------------------------------------- > visit my blog at http://jimlabs.heroku.com > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. > 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/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. 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/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
