I’ve read the postings about Juggernaut with interest, it is an
interesting approach but in wondering about a solution that wouldn’t
require flash I did some searching and came across activemq
(http://incubator.apache.org/activemq).
Their approach for messaging to an AJAX client
(http://incubator.apache.org/activemq/ajax.html)seems to be a
combination of polling and keeping the HTTP response open. Assuming this
(polling, keep alive time) is configurable this would seem to be a good
option for those writing apps that need to cope with a corporate
firewall, no flash allowed type world.
The server side connection ruby/rails -> activemq could be done with the
stomp ruby client (http://incubator.apache.org/activemq/ajax.html)
Can anyone cast some light onto the possibility, ease of which etc it
would be possible to integrate the activemg provided javascript library
with a rails app.
I think it would be very cool to have a robust solution allowing rails
apps to have their clients subscribe to a messaging channel, especially
for building collaborative applications where you want your client to
know about changes/event as they happen (or as quickly as possible).
Activemq would seem to have a good approach plus it provides a backbone
for integration with other systems.