Re: [WebDNA] Dynamic server feedback?
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2009
It keeps the original formatting.
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texte = > Perhaps they pull down many at once > and update client side for effect. No, they do it all live and in real time, I've seen the evidence myself. I also know there are special servers for this type of system. The stock ticker websites are driven by them, I think they are called "Comet" servers if I'm not mistaken. I want to do something similar to the swoopo site but I just want to use a normal web server with webdna -- on a much smaller scale of course. I wish webdna worked with the nginx web server because nginx is reported to be a blazing fast server compared with Apache and nearly all other web servers in use these days. But webdna does not support FastCGI so I doubt that this combination is going to be an option any time soon. Sincerely, Ken Grome > > > On Oct 16, 2009, at 5:48 AM, Kenneth Grome
wrote: > > >> No loop, that's the javascript (AJAX). > > > > Okay, let's say the browser sends a request to a webdna page so > > webdna does a search. When this happens webdna returns the current > > results of the search immediately -- but it does not search again > > automatically in order to update these results ... > > > > So in order to update the search results dynamically in the browser, > > the AJAX Javascript repeats the original request to the server -- > > perhaps on a timed basis, and apparently over the original > > connection which is held open by the XMLHTTPRequest object -- and > > then Javascript displays the new results in the browser > > "dynamically" so that the page itself does not have to be reloaded. > > > > If this is how it works then webdna is still doing a lot of repeated > > searches! It's just that the Javascript is making these requests > > automatically, rather than the visitor clicking a link or form > > button to get the new results manually. > > > > ------- > > > > I guess a similar effect might be obtained by putting a meta-refresh > > tag into a webdna template that's loaded into an iframe. This would > > effectively repeat the request on a timed basis, sort of like the > > Javascript does via XMLHTTPRequest. > > > > Naturally this approach would result in more server overhead because > > each of these iframe requests would open and close a new connection > > -- unlike the XMLHTTPRequest which repeats its requests over the > > original connection. But if the server is fast enough to handle > > these repeated requests the end result would look the same to the > > visitor, correct? > > > > Sincerely, > > Ken Grome > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------- > > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > > the mailing list . > > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > > archives: http://mail.webdna.us/list/talk@webdna.us > > old archives: http://dev.webdna.us/TalkListArchive/ > > Bug Reporting: http://forum.webdna.us/eucabb.html?page=topics&category=288 > --------------------------------------------------------- > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > archives: http://mail.webdna.us/list/talk@webdna.us > old archives: http://dev.webdna.us/TalkListArchive/ > Bug Reporting: http://forum.webdna.us/eucabb.html?page=topics&category=288 >
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> Perhaps they pull down many at once > and update client side for effect. No, they do it all live and in real time, I've seen the evidence myself. I also know there are special servers for this type of system. The stock ticker websites are driven by them, I think they are called "Comet" servers if I'm not mistaken. I want to do something similar to the swoopo site but I just want to use a normal web server with webdna -- on a much smaller scale of course. I wish webdna worked with the nginx web server because nginx is reported to be a blazing fast server compared with Apache and nearly all other web servers in use these days. But webdna does not support FastCGI so I doubt that this combination is going to be an option any time soon. Sincerely, Ken Grome > > > On Oct 16, 2009, at 5:48 AM, Kenneth Grome wrote: > > >> No loop, that's the javascript (AJAX). > > > > Okay, let's say the browser sends a request to a webdna page so > > webdna does a search. When this happens webdna returns the current > > results of the search immediately -- but it does not search again > > automatically in order to update these results ... > > > > So in order to update the search results dynamically in the browser, > > the AJAX Javascript repeats the original request to the server -- > > perhaps on a timed basis, and apparently over the original > > connection which is held open by the XMLHTTPRequest object -- and > > then Javascript displays the new results in the browser > > "dynamically" so that the page itself does not have to be reloaded. > > > > If this is how it works then webdna is still doing a lot of repeated > > searches! It's just that the Javascript is making these requests > > automatically, rather than the visitor clicking a link or form > > button to get the new results manually. > > > > ------- > > > > I guess a similar effect might be obtained by putting a meta-refresh > > tag into a webdna template that's loaded into an iframe. This would > > effectively repeat the request on a timed basis, sort of like the > > Javascript does via XMLHTTPRequest. > > > > Naturally this approach would result in more server overhead because > > each of these iframe requests would open and close a new connection > > -- unlike the XMLHTTPRequest which repeats its requests over the > > original connection. But if the server is fast enough to handle > > these repeated requests the end result would look the same to the > > visitor, correct? > > > > Sincerely, > > Ken Grome > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------- > > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > > the mailing list . > > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > > archives: http://mail.webdna.us/list/talk@webdna.us > > old archives: http://dev.webdna.us/TalkListArchive/ > > Bug Reporting: http://forum.webdna.us/eucabb.html?page=topics&category=288 > --------------------------------------------------------- > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > archives: http://mail.webdna.us/list/talk@webdna.us > old archives: http://dev.webdna.us/TalkListArchive/ > Bug Reporting: http://forum.webdna.us/eucabb.html?page=topics&category=288 >
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