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SWX Ruby: SWX RPC for Ruby on Rails

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aral

on September 17, 2007

in SWX RPC and Showcase

This is so cool: Jed Hurt has released Alpha 0.1 of SWX Ruby, the Ruby implementation of SWX RPC for Ruby on Rails.

7 Responses to “SWX Ruby: SWX RPC for Ruby on Rails”

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1 Greg
September 19, 2007 at 1:26 pm

Hey all,

I started to port SWX RPC to .NET (C#).

I’ve started a blog on tumblr where I’ll be posting updates on my progress.

check out

http://swxnet.tumblr.com/

Greg
2 aral
September 22, 2007 at 2:52 am

Hi Greg,

That’s great news. I’ve emailed you
3 Petko
October 17, 2007 at 12:27 am

Oi,

just wanted to ask, if it will be possible to map Ruby model on AS class (like in WebOrb)

Peter
4 Meekish
October 17, 2007 at 3:28 pm

Petko,

I assume you’re referring to typed objects? At this point, both Aral and I have agreed that they’re not a priority.

But if there is enough demand for it, I (and I’m sure Aral) would be willing to reconsider. Can I ask how you would find them useful?

(Aral, please correct me if any of my assumptions are incorrect)
5 Petko
October 17, 2007 at 9:08 pm

Meekish,

well, it’s less coding for me
If i send typed object for example User from flash to rails, and have model User, i just write

def save_user(user)
user.save
end

and user is saved on back end, because rails know it is User class/model.

Another example:

i send array of Users from backend

def list_users
@users = User.find(:all)
end

and if it comes to flash, i can call functions from User class, add listeners which updates data on change etc.

I know it is possible to do other way, parse object etc, but i like to write only code which is needed, what makes code better readable.

Peter
6 Meekish
October 18, 2007 at 5:11 am

Ahhh, you’re talking about RemoteObjects ( http://flexonrails.net/?p=54 )

Though I’ve never used RemoteObjects, I see how the functionality could be useful. It wouldn’t have all the rich functionality of a RemoteObject, but an ActiveResource consuming library written in AS would have a lot of the same benefits.

It seems feasible to port Jester ( http://thoughtbot.com/projects/jester ) to AS and use SWX as the data exchange format. Though I don’t think it would ever end up in SWX Ruby core (I strongly agree with Aral’s stance on small SWX implementations), perhaps it could be offered as an add-on?

All my energies over the coming months will be spent getting SWX Ruby to 1.0. But if you’re interested in tackling something like this, feel free to drop by the Google group ( http://groups.google.com/group/swxruby ) and I’ll be glad to help wherever possible.

Any thoughts, Aral?