Are there any other opinions? On Dec 28, 7:52 am, Robert Walker <li...@ruby-forum.com> wrote: > golubevpavel wrote in post #970976: > > > My friend suggested, that we wrap every call, that is usually served > > via HTTP into XMPP. So, user registration, users search, profile > > editing, photo uploading, everything goes via XMPP. No HTTP at all. > > Don't get me wrong here, I think XMPP is a very cool and interesting > protocol, but using it to completely replace HTTP in this context verges > on insanity. > > > My friend wants to use XMPP, because he says, that it's much easier to > > implement XMPP on client-side rather HTTP. As for me, this is > > bullshit, but we've got a product owner, who have been working with my > > friend for a long time and he trusts him. > > You said it. Cocoa & Cocoa Touch (iOS) has excellent support of for the > HTTP protocol. The implementation is flexible, powerful and really easy > to implement for anyone familiar with Cocoa development. I've done this > myself and trust me making HTTP connections to web servers is really > easy. > > See this link for > details:http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#documentation/Cocoa/Conceptua... > > > So what I'm trying to do is to convince my friend and product owner > > that using XMPP for what HTTP can work find is totally not the best > > idea. > > Good luck with that. > > > I feel, that if we implement everything on XMPP, we will have a pain > > in an ass till the end of lives. But how do I prove it? > > If you're building a Rails app for the server I would guess your life > would certainly be more painful. Rails is architected around HTTP not > XMPP. > > > P.S. I'm not against chat over XMPP, I am against users search, photo > > uploading, rankings, nearby search and various other restful requests. > > I agree I also thing XMPP is inappropriate for your use case. There are > many use cases where XMPP make a lot of sense, but I just don't see any > advantage of using it here. > > -- > Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.com/.
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