Re: Need advice on a new POE project

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Unless I'm misunderstanding there really isn't a huge differentiation =
between your choices here except in =22how much work I expect to write =
myself=22.




I'd start with option 1 since that involves the least amount of work for =
you personally, and is nearly a proper subset of the others. Then if you =
run into problems you can escalate to a more complicated solution.




-Chris

On Fri, Feb 7, 2014 at 5:54 PM, Celso Barriga <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hello!
> I just discovered POE while researching on a project I'm about to embark =
on
> at work. So I'm new with POE, but a long time Perl programmer. I've read
> through most of the documentation and tutorial, and now I'm trying to
> decide what approach to take.
> In a nutshell, here's what my program is supposed to do:
> 0. Log in to an IRC server, at a specified channel.
> 1. Get some data from our web service that has REST interface. But we
> already have a Perl module that wraps the REST calls so I don't have to
> make the REST calls directly. This perl module is using LWP.
> 2. For each of the data returned from #1, post it to an IRC channel.
> 3. Wait for some predetermined time (say 60 secs=3F) and go back to #1.
> The data is retrieved through some filter, so there's not going to be a =
lot
> of data that will come back.
> The program has to be =22mission critical=22 as much as possible, that is=
, it
> has to rejoin the channel if kicked out, or reconnect to the server if
> disconnected.
> Here are some of my ideas how I'm going to do it, in order of =
preference:
> 1. Use POE::Component::IRC to create a bot, and create a recurring alarm
> handler in the tick event. During the tick event is when I retrieve data
> from our web app, and send the messages to the channel. I'm going to use
> the recurring alarm cookbook example in case this will take a while.
> 2. Create two separate sessions similar to the =22Combined Services=22 =
cookbook
> example.
> 3. Create it from a base POE and create the POE::Sessions myself =
(instead
> of using the POE::Component::IRC) to handle all the IRC events and =
second
> POE::Sessions to handle the web app query.
> By going with #1 it will save me a lot of time in handling the IRC events=
,
> reconnection, etc. But being a noob with POE, I'm wondering if there's =
some
> potential problem I'd run into.
> Or is there a better way aside from what I'm thinking=3F
> Thanks in advance.
> Celso
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<span id=3D=22mailbox-conversation=22><br><div>Unless I'm misunderstanding =
there really isn't a huge differentiation between your choices here except =
in =22how much work I expect to write myself=22.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>I'd start with option 1 since that involves the least amount of work =
for you personally, and is nearly a proper subset of the others. Then if =
you run into problems you can escalate to a more complicated solution.=
</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>-Chris</div></span><br><br><div class=3D=22gmail=5Fquote=22><p>On Fri,=
 Feb 7, 2014 at 5:54 PM, Celso Barriga <span dir=3D=22ltr=22>&lt;<a =
href=3D=22mailto:[email protected]=22 target=3D=22=5Fblank=22>cbarriga@gma=
il.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br></p><blockquote class=3D=22gmail=5Fquote=22=
 style=3D=22margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;=
=22><div dir=3D=22ltr=22>Hello!<div><br></div>
<div>I just discovered POE while researching on a project I'm about to =
embark on at work. So I'm new with POE, but a long time Perl programmer. =
I've read through most of the documentation and tutorial, and now I'm =
trying to decide what approach to take.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>In a nutshell, here's what my program is supposed to do:</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>0. Log in to an IRC server, at a specified channel.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>1. Get some data from our web service that has REST interface. But we =
already have a Perl module that wraps the REST calls so I don't have to =
make the REST calls directly. This perl module is using LWP.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>2. For each of the data returned from #1, post it to an IRC channel.=
</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>3. Wait for some predetermined time (say 60 secs=3F) and go back to #1=
.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>The data is retrieved through some filter, so there's not going to be =
a lot of data that will come back.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>The program has to be =22mission critical=22 as much as possible, that=
 is, it has to rejoin the channel if kicked out, or reconnect to the server=
 if disconnected.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>Here are some of my ideas how I'm going to do it, in order of =
preference:</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>1. Use POE::Component::IRC to create a bot, and create a recurring =
alarm handler in the tick event. During the tick event is when I retrieve =
data from our web app, and send the messages to the channel. I'm going to =
use the recurring alarm cookbook example in case this will take a while.=
</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>2. Create two separate sessions similar to the =22Combined Services=22=
 cookbook example.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>3. Create it from a base POE and create the POE::Sessions myself =
(instead of using the POE::Component::IRC) to handle all the IRC events and=
 second POE::Sessions to handle the web app query.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>By going with #1 it will save me a lot of time in handling the IRC =
events, reconnection, etc. But being a noob with POE, I'm wondering if =
there's some potential problem I'd run into.</div>
<div>
<br></div>
<div>Or is there a better way aside from what I'm thinking=3F</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>Thanks in advance.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>Celso</div>
<div><br></div>
</div></blockquote></div><br>
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