Comments on: You should try a NoSQL database today. http://buildingbrowsergames.com/2010/02/01/you-should-try-a-nosql-database-today/ Ever wanted to build a browsergame? Wed, 30 Nov 2011 19:42:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Jul Foi http://buildingbrowsergames.com/2010/02/01/you-should-try-a-nosql-database-today/comment-page-1/#comment-799 Jul Foi Fri, 17 Jun 2011 00:42:01 +0000 http://buildingbrowsergames.com/2010/02/01/you-should-try-a-nosql-database-today/#comment-799 You can not skip the application layer, since you not auth and verification of the AJAX request. You can not skip the application layer, since you not auth and verification of the AJAX request.

]]> By: bsharpe http://buildingbrowsergames.com/2010/02/01/you-should-try-a-nosql-database-today/comment-page-1/#comment-710 bsharpe Wed, 03 Feb 2010 09:26:19 +0000 http://buildingbrowsergames.com/2010/02/01/you-should-try-a-nosql-database-today/#comment-710 Thanks for the post on NoSQL. I can tell you definitely looked into it a bit. I'm just beginning to see projects at work that will benefit from these sorts of systems.<br><br>Another benefit is that they speak JSON natively -- AJAX calls can query the DB directly skipping the application layer (and therefore speedier). Mongo really needs to beef up security for this to be mainstream though. Thanks for the post on NoSQL. I can tell you definitely looked into it a bit. I'm just beginning to see projects at work that will benefit from these sorts of systems.

Another benefit is that they speak JSON natively — AJAX calls can query the DB directly skipping the application layer (and therefore speedier). Mongo really needs to beef up security for this to be mainstream though.

]]> By: Luke http://buildingbrowsergames.com/2010/02/01/you-should-try-a-nosql-database-today/comment-page-1/#comment-709 Luke Tue, 02 Feb 2010 20:08:35 +0000 http://buildingbrowsergames.com/2010/02/01/you-should-try-a-nosql-database-today/#comment-709 You can do that, sure - but when it comes to extracting those<br>contents, what do you do? Either way, you're working around a<br>limitation of your technology - whether you're adding lots of columns,<br>or storing what should be two columns inside of one. You can do that, sure – but when it comes to extracting those
contents, what do you do? Either way, you're working around a
limitation of your technology – whether you're adding lots of columns,
or storing what should be two columns inside of one.

]]> By: Dennis http://buildingbrowsergames.com/2010/02/01/you-should-try-a-nosql-database-today/comment-page-1/#comment-708 Dennis Tue, 02 Feb 2010 18:18:12 +0000 http://buildingbrowsergames.com/2010/02/01/you-should-try-a-nosql-database-today/#comment-708 Oh, my comment wasn't very clear. Sorry.<br><br>You wrote:<br>> All you have to do is check which attributes you quest has, and write your <br>> code to work around them<br><br>If I add a "attributes"-column to my relational database, I can store contents like "kill(goblins,20);talk(goblinherder)". <br>Isn't that pretty much the same as the attributes in a schema-less database?<br><br>The quest type would be obsolete, as I can mix different types in one quest. Even if I had a class "Quest" in my code, the property "Type" wouldn't make any sense to me. Oh, my comment wasn't very clear. Sorry.

You wrote:
> All you have to do is check which attributes you quest has, and write your
> code to work around them

If I add a “attributes”-column to my relational database, I can store contents like “kill(goblins,20);talk(goblinherder)”.
Isn't that pretty much the same as the attributes in a schema-less database?

The quest type would be obsolete, as I can mix different types in one quest. Even if I had a class “Quest” in my code, the property “Type” wouldn't make any sense to me.

]]> By: Luke http://buildingbrowsergames.com/2010/02/01/you-should-try-a-nosql-database-today/comment-page-1/#comment-707 Luke Tue, 02 Feb 2010 03:24:32 +0000 http://buildingbrowsergames.com/2010/02/01/you-should-try-a-nosql-database-today/#comment-707 The benefit comes up when you find that you want to create hybrids of<br>different objects. If you want to have a quest that requires killing<br>things *and* delivering a package, how do you do that when you only<br>have one column to track the quest type in? Do you add a new quest<br>type, and duplicate the code for killing and delivering quests? The benefit comes up when you find that you want to create hybrids of
different objects. If you want to have a quest that requires killing
things *and* delivering a package, how do you do that when you only
have one column to track the quest type in? Do you add a new quest
type, and duplicate the code for killing and delivering quests?

]]> By: Dennis http://buildingbrowsergames.com/2010/02/01/you-should-try-a-nosql-database-today/comment-page-1/#comment-706 Dennis Tue, 02 Feb 2010 02:27:10 +0000 http://buildingbrowsergames.com/2010/02/01/you-should-try-a-nosql-database-today/#comment-706 Thanks for this post. <br>But what's the benefit against adding a column "attributes" to my items-table? The development-costs seems to be the same. In both cases i have to check for each attribute and call the handler. Thanks for this post.
But what's the benefit against adding a column “attributes” to my items-table? The development-costs seems to be the same. In both cases i have to check for each attribute and call the handler.

]]> By: Dirk http://buildingbrowsergames.com/2010/02/01/you-should-try-a-nosql-database-today/comment-page-1/#comment-705 Dirk Tue, 02 Feb 2010 01:38:36 +0000 http://buildingbrowsergames.com/2010/02/01/you-should-try-a-nosql-database-today/#comment-705 You should try an Entity System: <a href="http://t-machine.org/index.php/2007/09/03/entity-systems-are-the-future-of-mmog-development-part-1/" rel="nofollow">http://t-machine.org/index.php/2007/09/03/entit...</a> You should try an Entity System: http://t-machine.org/index.php/2007/09/03/entit...

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