[Laszlo-user] Dedicated Server for LZX Rendering

[Henry Minsky]

The time spent by the compiler compiling an app will dwarf any I/O overhead
I think, even disk I/O.  I would do some measurements before making any
assumptions...





On 11/2/07, Volkan YAZICI <yazicivo at ttnet.net.tr> wrote:
> Jean-Baptiste BRIAUD <jb at briaud.net> writes:
> > In fact, the OL servlet accept on the file system any lzx file.
> > Then, via HTTP, on the first acces it become compiled and the HTTP
> > deliver the swf content.  So, there is nothing to do.  You "just"
> > write your lzx file under the web root folder (in that great LISP
> > language for eg), then, you compute the URL corresponding to this
> > file and from HTTP client you get the SWF result (or DHTML).
>
> I don't think that would be a plausible solution when you consider the
> redundant I/O overhead and ugly design. But thanks for your opinions.
>
> I'd probably try implementing a standalone Java server listening
> incoming TCP connections and communicating via some basic binary
> protocol (msg length, msg, output format, etc.), or switch using SWIG.
>
> I also need to find out whether org.openlaszlo.compiler.Main handles
> caching for me or I'll need to create an extra memcache layer between
> server and clients.
>
>
> Regards.
>


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Henry Minsky
Software Architect
hminsky at laszlosystems.com