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On Fri, Sep 9, 2011 at 2:36 PM, Karel <karel.cromb...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hey guys, > > I'm currently investigating the possibilities of using GWT to develop > a facebook browser game. The client should pose no problem; the main > issue here seems to be the server. For starters, I don't want to use a > php backend, because that would give up one of the main advantages of > using GWT: that you can share code between client and server. So I > need a java-based solution for the server. > > I'm not sure if Tomcat is up to the task of being the backend for a > browser game with potentially millions of concurrent users. I looked > into alternatives, but I can't really find any suitable. Node.js seems > interesting; it's very scalable and powerful, but it's obviously in > javascript. If I could somehow use the client-side compiler to > translate the server-side code from java to js as well, then I might > be able to use a wrapper around node.js to build a java-based server > which runs entirely on javascript. I'm not sure if this would be > faster or more scalable than Tomcat though... > > What's your opinion? Do you think Tomcat is up to the task of hosting > the backend of a farmville-style game, or not? And what of potential > alternatives such as node.js? I would like to hear your opinion! > > Kind regards, > Karel > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Google Web Toolkit" group. > To post to this group, send email to google-web-toolkit@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > google-web-toolkit+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/google-web-toolkit?hl=en. > > -- Guit: Elegant, beautiful, modular and *production ready* gwt applications. http://code.google.com/p/guit/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Web Toolkit" group. To post to this group, send email to google-web-toolkit@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to google-web-toolkit+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-web-toolkit?hl=en.
