daphne/channels update about reactor HOT 9 CLOSED

Oh, maybe you could mention that in the docs or archive it? Thanks anyway!

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@edelvalle Hi eddy, may i ask what are the reasons for you to stop reactor ?

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Just saw that daphne 3.0.3 etc is in reactor master, but in the version available on PyPi there is the outdated version 2.4.0. Is there a new release planned?

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@nerdoc I have this project abandoned, sorry...

I'm more in favor of django-unicorn or my own weird stuff https://github.com/edelvalle/djhtmx

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BTW and off-topic, unicorn uses Ajax instead of websockets. Isn't that much slower? And is only one-directional? With websockets/channels you can use push notifications - with ajax you need polling.

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I'll chime in again here... @edelvalle - did you abandon this project completely? In another comment you are saying you are using reactor in your own company. But https://iskra.ml is down... you sya you're using htmx/djhtmx...
For a long term project, what would you recommend to use ATM?
I've seen and tried many projects now. Sockpuppet, Django-Unicorn, htmx, and 5-10 other small abandoned projects. htmx is good, but not really integrated with Django. Your djhtmx makes things a lot better, but lacks docs, and completion...

So - on long term, on which horse would you bet?

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This is solved with the current development version. Thanks for coming back to this fabulous project.

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Anyways let me answer you:

• I'm no longer doing Iskra, another company
• We are not using reactor there, we are using https://github.com/edelvalle/djhtmx (that is more like unicorn), but planning to use reactor at some point
• I had a lot of stress at home lately because I had been alone with the kid and dog, because my wife is studying away from home and I had little time to maintain anything
• Lately I had been working on this https://github.com/edelvalle/django-triplets

That's why you don't see to much development here but, the project is not dead, is just resting. And I will accept and review any PR anyone makes.

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Yes, I know djhtmx, I have tested it too. And pure HTMX, and reactor, and django-unicorn, and django-sockpuppet, extensively. Every project has its advantages and downsides. I think that reactor has a great potential because it combines a few things:

• websockets/channels (urgently needed, so you can send push notifications from the server,; faster than AJAX)
• ease of use (like Unicorn)
• litte bit more flexible than Unicorn (template names/places, etc), less "magic".
• smaller footprint than Unicorn
• encapsulation (I like the idea of components. HTMX is great, but tends to encourage unmaintainable spaghetti code in the long run)

What it lacks:

• Documentation
• Tests (I know you said you're testing it in production...)
• Forms support. This is something I miss in Unicorn, see this issue and this, so that Form helpers like Crispy forms can be supported. This is mandatory for a bigger project with maybe dynamic nature of forms, and many forms.

I'm long-term planning for a huge, modular application, and can't find a component framework to rely on. React was my favourite, until you "abandoned" it. Therefore I'm glad you came back. I would prefer HTMX for long-term support - but maintainability of code is much more important than fearing to deal with spaghetti code soon.
So encapsulation is mandatory.

I'm no proffessional programmer (just a MD), but would add some thoughts (and maybe code) to React if I can help.

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