LiveCode and WebSockets

[Andrew Kluthe]

Thanks Phil,

I had read that, and found some other useful info here as well.
https://github.com/LearnBoost/socket.io-spec

Andrew


On Mon, Jul 8, 2013 at 6:56 PM, Pierre Sahores <sc at sahores-conseil.com>wrote:

> Mark ,
>
> Should work (untested) :
>
> Node.js on the server side + revBrowser (desktop) or mobileBrowser
> (iOS/android) + some js +  <a href…>client-side pseudo urls</a> to get
> catched by :
>
> on browserLoadRequested pUrl, pType
> -- prefered on the iOS platform (desktop platforms untested)
> end browserLoadRequested
>
> and
>
> on browserStartedLoading pUrl
> -- prefered on the Android platform (desktop platforms untested)
> end browserStartedLoading
>
> to being able to exchange bidirectional messages between your web layer to
> the native livecode one.
>
> note : your web view pseudo URLs needs to match existing files
> (workingpath/file.html…) in your client app sandboxed cache or document
> directory to be catchable on the Android platform at least. To maintain a
> common codebase with the iOS app, i have the habit to create the on this
> platform too.
>
> Pierre
>
> Le 8 juil. 2013 à 20:35, Mark Wilcox a écrit :
>
> > We know, I'm interested in websockets for realtime comms between apps.
> Right now I think it'd be possible to implement one or more of the
> supported transports for socket.io in pure LiveCode but maybe not very
> efficiently. An alternative would be to wrap existing native
> implementations as externals. I've not looked into it in any great depth as
> I'm basically waiting for the engine refactoring to be completed before
> trying to hook new stuff in.
> >
> > Pierre Sahores <sc at sahores-conseil.com> wrote:
> >
> >> The HTTP(S) REST architecture is full supported on any LC desktop or
> mobile platform, iOS and Android included. They can be set to act as
> clients of any kind of nTier server side application (LC-Server, PHP, RoR,
> etc...).
> >>
> >> Le 8 juil. 2013 à 18:19, Mark Wilcox a écrit :
> >>
> >>> I'm interested in using something like socket.io as part of a backend
> for mobile (and maybe also desktop) apps.  However, we don't have proper
> sockets support on mobile (without externals at least) and websockets are
> very definitely not the same thing as standard sockets.
> >>>
> >>> What do you have in mind?  I'm certainly interested in discussing it.
> >>>
> >>> Mark
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> ________________________________
> >>> From: Andrew Kluthe <andrew at ctech.me>
> >>> To: How to use LiveCode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com>
> >>> Sent: Monday, 8 July 2013, 16:05
> >>> Subject: LiveCode and WebSockets
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> I have been learning a little bit about websockets lately for a
> project and
> >>> I have never really played around with livecode's socket communication
> >>> methods. This makes me curious.
> >>>
> >>> Is there anyone else on the list that might be more familiar with both
> that
> >>> would be interested in discussing using something like socket.io as
> part of
> >>> a backend for livecode desktop applications?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> --
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> >>>
> >>> Andrew Kluthe
> >>> andrew at ctech.me
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> >>
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Regards,

Andrew Kluthe
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