Comments on: FAST Google App Engine Sessions (and RPX integration) http://dound.com/2010/04/google-app-engine-sessions-and-rpx-integration/ dound's space on the web Wed, 14 Mar 2012 17:01:24 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: David Underhill http://dound.com/2010/04/google-app-engine-sessions-and-rpx-integration/comment-page-1/#comment-6282 David Underhill Sun, 16 May 2010 20:43:21 +0000 http://dound.com/?p=307#comment-6282 <a href="#comment-6281" rel="nofollow">@John Turner</a> Awesome, I don't think you'll be disappointed. It should be pretty easy to swap it in too - the two have very similar interfaces (but very different performance characteristics!). Enjoy, and just let let me know when you find something that could be improved - I like suggestions :). @John Turner
Awesome, I don’t think you’ll be disappointed. It should be pretty easy to swap it in too – the two have very similar interfaces (but very different performance characteristics!).

Enjoy, and just let let me know when you find something that could be improved – I like suggestions :) .

]]> By: John Turner http://dound.com/2010/04/google-app-engine-sessions-and-rpx-integration/comment-page-1/#comment-6281 John Turner Sun, 16 May 2010 20:28:42 +0000 http://dound.com/?p=307#comment-6281 Very cool, been looking for an awesome session util for appengine. I've been using gaeutilities for tweetc.com but it is heavy. Looking forward to trying gae-sessions out! Very cool, been looking for an awesome session util for appengine. I’ve been using gaeutilities for tweetc.com but it is heavy. Looking forward to trying gae-sessions out!

]]> By: David Underhill http://dound.com/2010/04/google-app-engine-sessions-and-rpx-integration/comment-page-1/#comment-6216 David Underhill Tue, 11 May 2010 00:49:07 +0000 http://dound.com/?p=307#comment-6216 <a href="#comment-6215" rel="nofollow">@ehp</a> I've setup a <a href="http://groups.google.com/group/gae-sessions" rel="nofollow">google group</a> - posting a message there is probably the best place to ask questions. @ehp
I’ve setup a google group – posting a message there is probably the best place to ask questions.

]]> By: ehp http://dound.com/2010/04/google-app-engine-sessions-and-rpx-integration/comment-page-1/#comment-6215 ehp Mon, 10 May 2010 23:09:41 +0000 http://dound.com/?p=307#comment-6215 Howzit David, I'd like to use your gae-sessions. Is there an official support group? I have a few questions, stemming from the fact that I have decided on a specific development standard (how the code is structured, where files live, etc) Basically, I have separated your library into different project sub-folders. Some questions may arise, I'm looking for the best place to ask! Howzit David,

I’d like to use your gae-sessions. Is there an official support group? I have a few questions, stemming from the fact that I have decided on a specific development standard (how the code is structured, where files live, etc)

Basically, I have separated your library into different project sub-folders. Some questions may arise, I’m looking for the best place to ask!

]]> By: David Underhill http://dound.com/2010/04/google-app-engine-sessions-and-rpx-integration/comment-page-1/#comment-6176 David Underhill Thu, 06 May 2010 16:24:26 +0000 http://dound.com/?p=307#comment-6176 The latest release (v0.5) now includes "quick" methods for adding and deleting session data which only modify the memcached version of the session data and avoid a datastore put. This might be useful if you sometimes use the session to store short-lived information which isn't critical enough to be persisted to the datastore. It also adds support for cleaning up expired sessions from the datastore. The latest release (v0.5) now includes “quick” methods for adding and deleting session data which only modify the memcached version of the session data and avoid a datastore put. This might be useful if you sometimes use the session to store short-lived information which isn’t critical enough to be persisted to the datastore. It also adds support for cleaning up expired sessions from the datastore.

]]> By: David Underhill http://dound.com/2010/04/google-app-engine-sessions-and-rpx-integration/comment-page-1/#comment-6147 David Underhill Mon, 03 May 2010 15:28:55 +0000 http://dound.com/?p=307#comment-6147 <a href="#comment-6130" rel="nofollow">@Wade</a> Thanks for the patch - I've integrated it into the project so that the demo works regardless of what port the development server is running on (<a href="http://github.com/dound/gae-sessions/commit/35e50869b1c1a2549d922de75dae13effe93d567" rel="nofollow">commit here</a>). I also added a second demo which shows gae-sessions using Google Accounts for authentication. It also demonstrates using sessions across a collection of pages - it is actually pretty much the same as using it on a single page :). Good luck using it with your project - I'll be happy to hear any other feedback you might have along the way too. Enjoy! @Wade
Thanks for the patch – I’ve integrated it into the project so that the demo works regardless of what port the development server is running on (commit here).

I also added a second demo which shows gae-sessions using Google Accounts for authentication. It also demonstrates using sessions across a collection of pages – it is actually pretty much the same as using it on a single page :) .

Good luck using it with your project – I’ll be happy to hear any other feedback you might have along the way too. Enjoy!

]]> By: Wade http://dound.com/2010/04/google-app-engine-sessions-and-rpx-integration/comment-page-1/#comment-6130 Wade Sun, 02 May 2010 15:24:48 +0000 http://dound.com/?p=307#comment-6130 Hi David, Your session offering is very timely for me - I searched for session support in GAE earlier in the month, and had been exploring gaeutilities, but it is too heavyweight for my purposes, and yours looks like a better fit for my use-case. Small fix: your demo doesn't work if one is running dev_appserver.py with a non-default port value. Changing the line BASE_URL = 'localhost' to BASE_URL = 'localhost:' + os.environ['SERVER_PORT'] makes life better. I am new to session issues, and although the RPX stuff looks very promising, As a suggestion, I'd love to see a variant of the demo that does not use RPX. Some basic login form asking for username/password that takes a person to a landing page, and which maintains the identity of the person as they navigate thru a collection of pages linked off that landing. Any chance of that use-case making it into your demo? :-) Thanks for the code, Wade Hi David,

Your session offering is very timely for me – I searched for session support in GAE earlier in the month, and had been exploring gaeutilities, but it is too heavyweight for my purposes, and yours looks like a better fit for my use-case.

Small fix: your demo doesn’t work if one is running dev_appserver.py with a non-default port value. Changing the line
BASE_URL = ‘localhost’
to
BASE_URL = ‘localhost:’ + os.environ['SERVER_PORT']
makes life better.

I am new to session issues, and although the RPX stuff looks very promising, As a suggestion, I’d love to see a variant of the demo that does not use RPX. Some basic login form asking for username/password that takes a person to a landing page, and which maintains the identity of the person as they navigate thru a collection of pages linked off that landing. Any chance of that use-case making it into your demo? :-)

Thanks for the code,
Wade

]]> By: Nevin Freeman http://dound.com/2010/04/google-app-engine-sessions-and-rpx-integration/comment-page-1/#comment-6053 Nevin Freeman Tue, 27 Apr 2010 04:18:44 +0000 http://dound.com/?p=307#comment-6053 Sweet, it's up and running! I really like the dict interface. So far I'm running everything as-is, except for changing "dirty" to "session_has_changed," for the sake of keeping my mind straight :) I'll check back in once the new functionality actually goes live (the site is riabiz.com). I expect I'll be focusing mostly on the user accounts, but if I make any improvements (or changes rather) I'll let you know. Thanks for sharing! Nevin Sweet, it’s up and running! I really like the dict interface. So far I’m running everything as-is, except for changing “dirty” to “session_has_changed,” for the sake of keeping my mind straight :)

I’ll check back in once the new functionality actually goes live (the site is riabiz.com). I expect I’ll be focusing mostly on the user accounts, but if I make any improvements (or changes rather) I’ll let you know.

Thanks for sharing!
Nevin

]]> By: David Underhill http://dound.com/2010/04/google-app-engine-sessions-and-rpx-integration/comment-page-1/#comment-6035 David Underhill Sat, 24 Apr 2010 22:40:04 +0000 http://dound.com/?p=307#comment-6035 Very cool Nevin! I'll look forward to hearing how it goes and what could be better too. Just let me know if you run into any snags. Enjoy ~ David Very cool Nevin! I’ll look forward to hearing how it goes and what could be better too. Just let me know if you run into any snags.

Enjoy ~ David

]]> By: Nevin Freeman http://dound.com/2010/04/google-app-engine-sessions-and-rpx-integration/comment-page-1/#comment-6034 Nevin Freeman Sat, 24 Apr 2010 22:28:31 +0000 http://dound.com/?p=307#comment-6034 Hi David, Looks pretty good! I'm going to attempt to use gae-sessions to implement a simple custom user system for my app. I'll let you know how it goes. Cheers, Nevin Hi David,

Looks pretty good! I’m going to attempt to use gae-sessions to implement a simple custom user system for my app. I’ll let you know how it goes.

Cheers,
Nevin

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