Rails - Jul 2006 - Flat file as storage backend or what ...

Hi.

I''m just starting out with Rails. I''m thinking of writing a 
web based
PIM, partly as a learning experience, partly because I need one. I''ll
be using iCalendar and vCard files for for storage because it will let
me sync with PDAs, and use other already available PIMs.

What would be the best practice for this?

a) At the beginning of a session pull all my vevents and vcards into
ActiveRecords, and write them back to the flat file at the end of
every session?

b) Skip the ActiveRecord thing and read in the vcard/ical files on
every request?

I''m afraid that a) will give me a lot of syncing headaces and that b)
will be very slow. Is there a better alternative?

I tried to google this, but pulled up nothing.


-- 
Alex Polite
http://flosspick.org - finding the right open source

On Sunday 02 July 2006 04:31, Alex Polite wrote:
> Hi.
>
> I''m just starting out with Rails. I''m thinking of writing
a  web based
> PIM, partly as a learning experience, partly because I need one.
I''ll
> be using iCalendar and vCard files for for storage because it will let
> me sync with PDAs, and use other already available PIMs.
>
> What would be the best practice for this?
>
> a) At the beginning of a session pull all my vevents and vcards into
> ActiveRecords, and write them back to the flat file at the end of
> every session?
>
> b) Skip the ActiveRecord thing and read in the vcard/ical files on
> every request?
>
> I''m afraid that a) will give me a lot of syncing headaces and that
b)
> will be very slow. Is there a better alternative?
c) Use only ActiveRecord, and add some "dump_to_vcards" action that
you
can call whenever you actually want to sync stuff.
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On 7/2/06, Christian Reiniger <creinig@dotsrc.org>
wrote:
> c) Use only ActiveRecord, and add some "dump_to_vcards" action
that you
> can call whenever you actually want to sync stuff.
>
That sounds pretty alluring. That way I could store one vcard/vevent
per object and use ActiveRecord to do all my filtering and sorting.
Think I''ll give it a try.

-- 
Alex Polite
http://flosspick.org - finding the right open source