Which save/load technology do we want to use?

martypenner commented 12 years ago

IndexedDB / localStorage / WebSQL / AJAX / WebSockets?

martypenner commented 12 years ago

So:

LocalStorage is being eschewed as very unfriendly for performance. Which sucks, cause it's dead simple to use. Plus, because the browser stores the data on-disk permanently, the data stays there forever. Maybe good, maybe bad.
IndexedDB is much more complicated to set up, as it's a full-fledged SQL solution, but browser implementations differ. And it asks the user for permission, which is spooky.
WebSQL has been deprecated, so that's crappy.

Looks like the only real option left (at least right now) is either traditional AJAX or WebSockets. I'm leaning toward using sockets, as there are polyfills for unsupported browsers (though that's less of a concern, since we're requiring a solid canvas implementation to simply play the game). Plus, we could use Socket.IO within Node.js to get really fast saving / loading.

See https://hacks.mozilla.org/2012/03/there-is-no-simple-solution-for-local-storage/ for more details.

martypenner commented 12 years ago

So for the record, WebSockets it is.

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