[jdev] how to program a jabber game server

[Michal 'vorner' Vaner]

Hello,

On Wed, Jan 31, 2007 at 10:59:08AM -0600, Aaron Miller wrote:
> This thread interests me. I'm not developing a game, but my  
> application has similar needs. It's a web application with three  
> interface modules--one that monitors a multiuser chat room, one that  
> requests page-size chunks of data and displays them, and one that can  
> display and modify a threaded discussion. The main similarity is that  
> somehow I need the server(s) to keep track of not just which clients  
> are requesting which chunks of data and notify all other clients (ie  
> room occupants), but also keep track of changes to the state of the  
> web interface of each user and push updates and refreshes to those  
> interfaces.
> 
> There is no question about using XMPP for the chat, but what I'm  
> confused about is how much "stateful" communication should I route  
> through this protocol and how much should I relegate to http? An  
> external component seems to be the way to go, but on the other hand,  
> writing it in Javascript seems like a tricky proposition. I know  
> about JSJac and JSON and XIFF, but these are all fairly new and  
> unpredicable things and I have a feeling they will require a lot of  
> customization. Should I look at writing an internal component, or  
> perhaps use some kind of bot?

Sounds like PubSub to me, but I don't know if I got it right (there is
XEP for it somewhere and an implementation - but I'm not sure if
complete one).

With regards

-- 
Fragile. Do not turn upside down.

Michal "vorner" Vaner
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