I have only heard good things about backgroundrb
here are a list from the rails wiki:
http://wiki.rubyonrails.org/rails/pages/HowToRunBackgroundJobsInRails/
I have worked with RailsCron, which I found quite difficult.
Brandon Casci wrote:> Hi all
>
> I''m new to RoR. I have one project almost completed and
it''s gone pretty
> smooth o far.
>
> I''m planing my second project. It''s a hosted radio
station automation
> solution (similar to Live365''s basic broadcasting package).
>
> People upload tracks to their respective stations. Through a web UI they
> can set the track selection criteria and organize tracks. In the
> background a DJ process runs, one for each station, and it selects
> tracks according to the set criteria and sources them to an icecast
> server.
>
> I a simplistic version of this working with ASP.NET and a Windows
> Service. Users organize tracks with the ASP.NET application, and the
> tracks get selected and streamed via the Windows Service. Both
> applications use the same business object layer (aka Models in the RoR
> world).
>
> So now I want to get this going in RoR but I''m unsure what to do
about
> the DJ process. I''d like to bury all the logic in the models, but
I''m
> not sure how the DJ process will use those models without running within
> the context of rails. I know about the script/runner but thats only
> intended to kick off jobs not background processes right?
>
> What are my options?
>
>
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