[appengine-java] Re: Need some points on implementing REST API for chess-like game

2011-01-18 Thread Didier Durand
Hi, 1) You are right: storing in ds is required in your case 2) You could use the Google Login service: very secured and will take care of login persistence for you See http://code.google.com/appengine/docs/java/users/ 3) Channel API is done to meet you needs (even at very high rate of polling):

[appengine-java] Re: Need some points on implementing REST API for chess-like game

2011-01-18 Thread Spk
Hi Didier, thanks for your reply. I forgot to mention that my game client is a stand-alone application (desktop & mobile), not a regular web page, so I'm quite restricted in term of "web" capabilities on the client side. Right now, all I can do is GET & POST http requests, and possibly provide add

[appengine-java] Re: Need some points on implementing REST API for chess-like game

2011-01-18 Thread Didier Durand
Hi Spk, [to access the datastore, I recommend you to use Objectify - my personal choice - developped by Jeff Schnitzer that answered above - JDO/JPA investment by Google is now less and they push packages like Objectify and other alternatives] About your complements 1) The google login service i

Re: [appengine-java] Re: Need some points on implementing REST API for chess-like game

2011-01-18 Thread Jeff Schnitzer
A couple words of advice: Nearly any third-party authentication system will require that you perform the login process in a web browser, but you should still use one even for desktop apps. Systems that ask you to create a login are almost anachronistic these days. Use google login, or facebook l