How does the amount of open APE (Ajax Push Engine) channels affect the performance?
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12-12-2019 - |
Question
I am developing a web application which follows the principle of responsivness. Every information currently visible on screen gets automatically updated if there is a change of any user - in real time.
I use APE (Ajax Push Engine) in combination with Django to submit the needed information to all users which currently have a page open. The information can be related to specific instances of objects, which could cause a large amount of open channels per user. I am talking about a maximum of 100 open channels.
1. Would this amount affect performance?
2. Is this good design or should i strive to create as few channels as possible?
3. Is APE a good choice or should i switch to node.js + Socket.IO? How measures the performance in contrast to APE?
Solution
I chose to switch to SockJS, see this question:
python Socket.IO client for sending broadcast messages to TornadIO2 server
Why? Because:
- SockJS is more reliable and stable than Socket.IO and APE
- Same for performance (as far as i know)
- SockJS has broader communication protocol support than APE
- APE server needs more configuration
- No Flash requirements
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