Wow Ken - that sounds fantastic. I’m just at the early stages - but would rather work on something more generic than a quick-and-dirty model-specific solution - but was going to go for latter due to time constraints… perfection being enemy of the productive…
Mark On 18 Feb 2014, at 22:56, Ken Anderson <[email protected]> wrote: > Mark, > > I built a library on both iOS and WO that syncs a data model between the 2. > It has some pretty decent features, like you can define an ownership key path > on the server side, and only those EO’s owned by the person syncing are sent > over. > > It’s not really documented yet or anything, but I could probably put > something together to share. > > The big difference between mine and other sync mechanisms is I don’t keep a > log of everything to send to everybody (my data model is big, so it would get > painful). Also, it’s reasonably smart about doing things offline (like > maintaining relationships even when a number of transactions have happened on > the device without an internet connection). > > Let me know if this interests you enough for me to spruce it up. > > Ken > > On Feb 18, 2014, at 3:51 PM, Mark Wardle <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi. Glad it is a common use-case. Not sure if you have misunderstood my >> intentions but I was asking for advice rather than planning a super-duper >> automatic EOF to obj-c/core data magic converter - although I had hoped >> someone else had already invented such a wonder (no pun intended). >> >> Am experimenting with the iOS library RestKit which I think can make a core >> data model from what it receives from a REST service automagically… I think… >> >> Mark >> On 14 Feb 2014, at 14:41, Jesse Tayler <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >>> FANTASTIC! >>> >>> yes, ERSync is not going to work for the main question which is how to >>> store a local object graph that loads as the user sees things, and keep it >>> updated while still being able to rationally send data back to the server >>> in a way that can handle offline or poor network conditions etc. >>> >>> ERRest is SUPER-FAB for being the server of an iPhone client and there’s >>> quite a few tricks we can and should compile together. >>> >>> So, definitely call upon me to have something to say about all this and >>> I’ve been at it a few years now, so I have gone through all this at least >>> once or twice. >>> >>> greatly looking forward! >>> >>> jess >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Feb 14, 2014, at 9:37 AM, Mark Wardle <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi all, >>>> >>>> I am starting to work on a new presentation layer for our web application >>>> using the iOS SDK. We plan on writing custom small iOS apps that integrate >>>> with the larger more complex backend web-application built in WebObjects. >>>> >>>> I can see ERSync but note it is not in Wonder yet. Is this still in >>>> development or is it ready for deployment? It certainly looks an easy way >>>> to get started. >>>> >>>> However, we might want more finely grained control anyway. We’ve been >>>> adding REST interfaces to the backend. Does anyone have any >>>> recommendations for an iOS client library to make this work trivial? I >>>> would think that we could create some stub object-graph in objective c >>>> that then gets sent to the server semi-automatically? Is there something >>>> that would take an EOModel and create a core data equivalent or skeleton >>>> classes? >>>> >>>> I can see various references on the mailing list but nothing on the wiki. >>>> >>>> Any pointers (*) much appreciated! >>>> >>>> Mark >>>> (*) you can tell I’m back to coding in C and not just using java (!) >>>> -- >>>> Dr. Mark Wardle >>>> Consultant Neurologist, University Hospital Wales, Cardiff, UK >>>> Email: [email protected] or [email protected] Twitter: @mwardle >>>> Telephone: 02920745274 (secretary) or facsimile: 02920744166 >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. >>>> Webobjects-dev mailing list ([email protected]) >>>> Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: >>>> https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/webobjects-dev/jtayler%40oeinc.com >>>> >>>> This email sent to [email protected] >>> >> >> -- >> Dr. Mark Wardle >> Consultant Neurologist, University Hospital Wales, Cardiff, UK >> Email: [email protected] or [email protected] Twitter: @mwardle >> Telephone: 02920745274 (secretary) or facsimile: 02920744166 >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. >> Webobjects-dev mailing list ([email protected]) >> Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: >> https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/webobjects-dev/kenlists%40anderhome.com >> >> This email sent to [email protected] > -- Dr. Mark Wardle Consultant Neurologist, University Hospital Wales, Cardiff, UK Email: [email protected] or [email protected] Twitter: @mwardle Telephone: 02920745274 (secretary) or facsimile: 02920744166
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