how does gmail show new messages as they arrive

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fugee ohu

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Sep 16, 2018, 3:34:38 AM9/16/18
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how does gmail make new messages appear in your browser as they arrive?

Hasan Diwan

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Rob Jonson

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Sep 16, 2018, 7:33:00 AM9/16/18
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The rails way to do this (update page when stuff happens at the server) is ActionCable
https://guides.rubyonrails.org/action_cable_overview.html

It runs on websockets and allows the server to push information to the browser. Your javascript on the page then needs to know what to do with that information.

It is typically slightly more complex to host than a 'regular' site as you probably need Redis running.

dave woodall

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Rob, kudos to your insight and brevity to convert that question into a rails response.

Sincerely,

Dave Woodall


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fugee ohu

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Does it matter if my rails app is an api app or not?

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On Mon, 17 Sep 2018, 02:51 fugee ohu, <fuge...@gmail.com> wrote:
Does it matter if my rails app is an api app or not?

Define (in terms of models and controllers) in what way they differ.

Colin


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