Sync
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rails realtime library
SHOW HN2013
143points
29comments
#142of 1,739 in 2013
Top 9%of 2013 by points
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12 positive, 6 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 1 critical, out of 20 comments about the project. Thread score +0.49.
Idea: 4 for, 1 against
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Fits the Rails way and should be part of core Rails
From 3 comments
Wow this really should become part of core Rails. This is definitely real time done the "rails way". I prefer Rails to anything else I've tried but my ideas increasingly revolve…
habosa on HNAhhh ok. I get you, re: the caching. This is very cool. I have been waiting for something like this, to dive into the real-time web. Wading into client-side JS frameworks has…
marcamillion on HNOMG this is great - should be a standard part of rails.
andyl on HN
Good alternative to client-side MVC frameworks
From 2 comments
This is awesome! The next time I need functionality similar to what a client-side MVC framework provides, I'll give this a try first.
Jarred on HNMe gusta. Can this potentially replace a client-side MVC framework like backbone.js or ember.js entirely or are there limitations?
benradler on HN
Objections
Requires an extra pubsub process such as Faye or Pusher
From 2 comments
I really like this. The only thing that kinda threw me off a bit was putting the partials in the /views/sync/resource/ folder. Feels a bit non-RESTy. I imagine, for a…
marcamillion on HNThat's correct. If on Heroku, Faye would run in it's own dyno process, while Pusher is a commercial product. Sync requires a pubsub server to talk to, so either is a must. I…
chrismccord on HN
Partials must live in a sync folder, which feels non-RESTful
From 1 comment
I really like this. The only thing that kinda threw me off a bit was putting the partials in the /views/sync/resource/ folder. Feels a bit non-RESTy. I imagine, for a…
marcamillion on HN
Requests
Support for Django or other frameworks
From 1 comment
Does anybody know of anything like this for Django? I'm very much interested in better integration between client-side and server-side code. I'm really not sold on the…
acjohnson55 on HN
Client-side templating for updates
From 1 comment
This looks really great. Does anyone have any thoughts on how this could be combined with client friendly templating so that the rendering of the partial could be done client…
hifier on HN
Questions
How it interacts with Russian doll caching
From 2 comments
I really like this. The only thing that kinda threw me off a bit was putting the partials in the /views/sync/resource/ folder. Feels a bit non-RESTy. I imagine, for a…
marcamillion on HNThe partials each get separated into their own folder based on their model name. So it's not a grab-bag of random partials – it's the same folder structure an application would…
chrismccord on HN
Why partials are namespaced under sync directory
From 2 comments
Can you provide some details on why the partials have to be namespace'd to the sync directory? My guess is: sync partials can only be "resource" based, and can't be given locals…
tomhallett on HNYou're right about part of the reason. One reason the partials are namespaced is indeed to serve as a distinction since at the moment, only the resource can hold the context for…
chrismccord on HN
Whether it works with Rails 4 and Heroku
From 2 comments
This looks perfect for a current project with a quite a bit of jQuery and partials. I may just redo using Sync. Do you have any recommendations for using on Heroku? Should I just…
tortilla on HNFaye will gladly run on Heroku with a foreman process, but I think Pusher is a tough choice to beat to get you up and running quickly. Sync does indeed support Rails 4. In fact,…
chrismccord on HN
Alternatives named
Backbone.js
From 1 comment
Me gusta. Can this potentially replace a client-side MVC framework like backbone.js or ember.js entirely or are there limitations?
benradler on HN
Ember.js
From 1 comment
Me gusta. Can this potentially replace a client-side MVC framework like backbone.js or ember.js entirely or are there limitations?
benradler on HN
Pusher
From 1 comment
This looks perfect for a current project with a quite a bit of jQuery and partials. I may just redo using Sync. Do you have any recommendations for using on Heroku? Should I just…
tortilla on HN