ActiveRecordCache

Rails
1

I believe I heard some talk of an ActiveRecordCache being developed
while I
was on IRC… however, can’t find the actual project.
Anybody know if this is being developed, or where I can find more
information on it ?

2

Hmm… nobody knows anything about this ?
I thought this would be a pretty big deal, considering the amount of
people
who claim Java has the upper-hand on the web framework front because of
ORM’s like Hibernate, JDO… etc.

Just the other day, one of my old Java coworkers jumped on Rails due to
it’s
lack of it’s lack of caching and a standardized i18n implementation.

I would love to see some details about the to-be Rails implemention of
this
caching system !
If it is in development, it would be nice if that person puts the code
in
public view so we can see what’s being done :slight_smile:

Dylan

3

Hmm… nobody knows anything about this ?

You realize that this is a Sunday? Most healthy people are away from
the computer :slight_smile:

I thought this would be a pretty big deal, considering the amount of people
who claim Java has the upper-hand on the web framework front because of
ORM’s like Hibernate, JDO… etc.

Considering the lack of urgency from people who delivering
million-request sites around this, I would not take such hearsay
claims too seriously. Caching at the ORM is one of many ways to scale
an application. Rarely the easiest.

Just the other day, one of my old Java coworkers jumped on Rails due to
it’s lack of it’s lack of caching and a standardized i18n implementation.

Unspecified charges and generalized hand-waving is a tell-tell sign
that its not about the technology. Rails is flush with various levels
of caching opportunities (see the three-tiered approach in Action
Pack) and there’s an array of localization implementations available
to pick from (see the Localize and Globalize plugins).

I would love to see some details about the to-be Rails implemention of this
caching system !
If it is in development, it would be nice if that person puts the code in
public view so we can see what’s being done :slight_smile:

I’d advice the person to keep his marbles to himself until they’re
ready for sharing. Release early is a vastly overrated strategy for
open source collaboration. Rails surely didn’t follow it and we turned
out pretty alright.

So, dude, chill :). Take two steps backwards and examine your
situation. Are you currently having a performance problem? Have you
measured it to be one related to frequent fetches of the same records?
If the answer to either is no, then it’s not a problem worth worrying
about today. Chances are that you’d be wasting your time thinking
about caching at the ORM level before you know that’s where your
bottleneck is.

David Heinemeier H.
http://www.loudthinking.com – Broadcasting Brain
http://www.basecamphq.com – Online project management
http://www.backpackit.com – Personal information manager
http://www.rubyonrails.com – Web-application framework

4

IMO, Java’s implementation of i18n is less than satisfactory. The
recommended approach for, say, JSP’s is to use custom tags to pull it
from a properties files. These tags have to query the cached
properties file on every request for each piece of content, which is
adds up. Yes there are tags to cache this data (OSCache), but they are
not a core part of Java either. In fact, Java does not even include
i18n tags to implement this approach.

No real point to my response other than I guess I’ve been
disillusioned with Java’s i18n support for awhile.

5

Sweet… I knew I’d get some great answers if I:

  1. posted Sunday
  2. on a touchy topic
  3. about a bunch of things I’m not well versed in
  4. even though my Rails app has no performance problems at all :smiley:

Seriously though, I haven’t read any good debate on this topic (couldn’t
find any at least), and now, at least:

  1. this topic is covered in the mailing list
  2. mr david master flex has spoken
  3. and people know he’s serious… as he himself answered on a Sunday
    night
    :wink:

And about the fact that it’s Sunday night… David, once you have kids
you’ll understand !
My spare time is now at work and in the wee hours of the night !

You are having kids soon… right ?
:smiley:

6

David Heinemeier H. wrote:

You realize that this is a Sunday? Most healthy people are away from
the computer :slight_smile:

I am sick, sick, sick… :slight_smile:

b