Passing data between various technologies

manpreet Best Answer 2 years ago

I'm creating client-server application in which I'm planning to incorporate at least 2 technologies. Recently I've read lot about node.js performance in handling web communication, so I wanted to give it a try.

The problem is, writing the whole service in node.js is rather not acceptable (following the rule: "Choose proper technology to the task, not proper task to technology"), so I want to create only web interface in node.js (both client and server side) and to implement the rest in java/c#/C++.

My first thought was to launch a separate processes of net-interface and core-app and communicate between them using localhost sockets. But I wondered if there is another way to do that as sockets have their limitations (buffer size and so on).

So the question is: Is it possible to force communication between processes with various technologies on the same machine?

Thanks

manpreet 2 years ago

Yes, it is possible to force communication between various technologies by using Web Services.

In my opinion, it is more robust to pass data between various technologies using Web Services rather than do it using javascript. You know, the user can simply use his browser with javascript disabled.

Every mature programming language supports web services.

Moreover, if you want to integrate different applications written in the same language such as Java, you can use the Java Messaging Service. Works like a charm!