On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 1:10 AM, Kurt Pruhs <kpr...@gmail.com> wrote: > @Russell > I understand what you are saying, as far as making AJAX a part of Django's > core. It's a server-side framework. On the other hand, I was just in D.C. > for DjangoCon and listened to Adrian Holovaty talk about making Django > deliver real-time content. Did I misunderstand what he was saying? As far as > I know, a JavaScript solution is the most viable for delivering real-time > content to browsers. Is there another way to do this? Just curious what your > thoughts are.
Put it this way - the question you need to answer is: "Could I implement this externally, without making any changes to Django's core?" In the case of AJAX, the answer is definitely yes. You can write an AJAX-compatible Django view entirely in user space. It requires no modifications to Django itself. If someone wants to write a killer AJAX library for Django, they should do so -- there's no reason it needs to be baked into Django's core. In the case of Real-time, the answer is maybe. Serving real-time data will probably require some modifications to core -- the mechanisms used to serve real-time data are different to traditional 'static page' mechanisms. So yes, if we want to provide a solution for real-time, it will probably mean making some changes to core. And, since real-time data needs a front-end component, this may mean including a front-end component. That said, my overwhelming preference would be to follow up on Geoff Schmidt's DjangoCon suggestion and concentrate on formalising a data layer protocol for this sort of thing. This way, Django can maintain it's server-side focus, and let those with a client-side focus concentrate on their specialties. However, pragmatism may dictate that this isn't possible - at least, not initially - because as Geoff indicated, the protocol doesn't actually exist yet. Yours, Russ Magee %-) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en.
