Caching...

[Ezra Zygmuntowicz]

On Jan 2, 2007, at 7:44 AM, Fernand Galiana wrote:

> Hi,
>
>    I am just starting playing with merb and was wondering if there  
> is any caching
>    strategy available. I was planning on using the action caching  
> plugin but I am
>    quiet sure what is the merb plan with dealing with plugins...
>
>    Any idea or suggestions ?
>
> Regards,
> Fernand

Hey Fernand-

	Right now the merb handler will look for cached pages in public/  
just like rails page caching. If you request /foo/1  it will first  
look for /foo/1.html and render that instead of calling the  
controller. As far as action caching goes it is as yet unimplemented.  
I will take a look today at creating a compiled template cache and  
then we can go from there.

	I don't think that the action cache plugin will work without some  
major modifications. As a rule, any rails plugins that only add or  
alter Active Record models or are just helpers will usually work  
without many changes. But rails plugins that hook into action  
controller or action view just won't work out the box with merb since  
merb implements its own actionpack.

	Check in with me later today on the #merb irc channel onf  
irc.freenode.net and I will give you the scoop on how I want cachign  
to work in merb and I can get some feedback.

Cheers
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