Re: Tips/advice for implementing integrated RESTful HTTP API

On 02/09/14 04:47, Dobes Vandermeer wrote:
>
> Same idea as PgBouncer or PgPool. The advantage over hacking
> PgBouncer/PgPool for the job is that Tomcat can already do a lot
> of what
> you want using built-in, pre-existing functionality. Connection pool
> management, low level REST-style HTTP processing, JSON handling
> etc are
> all done for you.
>
>
> Yeah, those are nice conveniences but I still think installing Java
> and getting something to run on startup is a bit more of a hurdle.
> Better maek life easier up front by having a simple standalone proxy
> you can compile and run with just whatever is already available on a
> typical AWS ubuntu environment.

If instead of Tomcat you use Jetty, you can embed the whole
app+Jetty+dependencies in a single executable JAR, which easies
deployment a lot. Installing a JVM in a Ubuntu environment is just one
apt-get and even easier if you use CloudFormation for automation. I
don't think is a bad choice at all... you get most of the functionality
you want already there, as Craig said, and it's lightweight.

Hope it helps,

Álvaro