[libRETS-users] Re: Problem with libRETS

[Keith T. Garner]

On 6/6/07 10:02 AM, Matt Lavallee wrote:
> For what it's worth, RETS is really less-than-ideal as a client/server
> application protocol.  It's really chatty, and the MLS probably won't appreciate
> concurrent logins (if they even allow it).

It truly depends on the MLS.  And often its not concurrent logins that is
the problem but "real-time access."

> You should probably look at something like MRIS' Conduit and then write your app
> as client/server against the returned data using native .NET System.Data
> classes.  RETS and libRETS are a bit of an advanced topic given that they're not
> native to .NET or the overall paradigm of .NET programming conventions.

While it is not .NET native, it is not necessarily a sign that it shouldn't
be used.  But I'm biased against reinventing wheels.

In any case, Luke's original question seemed to be more about C# GUI
programming and not about libRETS, and somewhat outside the scope of the
librets-users mailing list.

Keith

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