Rails Server Solution

Question

I am working on multi-platform (iPhone, Android, WM7, web), multi-player game with Rails backend (2.3.10) and needs server functionality. What is the best Rails server solution that works across multiple client platforms? Is it a juggernaut, comet, cramp, pushherap or?

Answer 1

One option is to use Faye (Ryan B. made a screencast on Faye ).

My experience is that Eventmachine is an excellent foundation for creating event things - Pusherapp is built on top of that. Therefore, if you want to make a more complicated decision, you should consider writing your own pub / sub server - perhaps using em-websocket .

Finally, although some find Pusherapp expensive, it is really simple and durable.

Answer 2

You will have to deal with many weird mobile browsers. If they support HTML5 websites, use it! Pusherapp seems to be great for this.

I think Pusherapp also has a flash reserve for customers who do not yet support websites.

I assume that with websockets + Flash fall-back you will have 98% of modern smartphones. Give it a try.

Answer 3

I created the pearl for creating central push notifications, it supports iOS and Android at the moment, but I will add more platforms.

here is the link: https://github.com/NicosKaralis/pushmeup