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Building a mutliplayer game site

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design-patterns

ruby-on-rails

scala

erlang

scaling

I am building a site that has a lot in common with a person-on-person chess site. I was thinking of using Rails for the front-end(User Registration, Navigation, etc) and something like Scala or Erlang for the engine(Game state and maybe AI). I was wondering -

  1. Is this a good situation to use that type of design?
  2. How exactly would be best to divide up the functionality between the components?
  3. How would they best communicate with each other?

I'm open to any technologies or ideas.

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Joe Cannatti Avatar asked Jan 20 '10 02:01

Joe Cannatti

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If you're using Rails for the front-end, why not use Ruby?

If you like the idea of using Scala, why not use Lift for the front-end?

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Rex Kerr Avatar answered Oct 05 '22 23:10

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