Gears Best Practices

August 6th, 2008 | Published in Google Gears

Posted by Brad Neuberg, Google Developer Programs

We are constantly asked what are best practices when working with Gears. For example, what's the best way to work with the local database for performance and reliability? What are good architectures for syncing and offline applications? We've just updated the Gears Developer FAQ with a whole slew of Best Practices, many with sample code that you can use in your own Gears-based applications. Here's a sampling of the new additions.

Best Practices for:

Starting With Gears
Offline Architectures
Online/Offline Detection
Gears Permissioning
Installation and Detection
Using LocalServer With Web Applications Spread Across Different Hosts
Database Performance and Reliability
Offline User Interfaces
Maintainable Workers
Choosing Names for Databases and LocalServers
Storing Data on Users' Machines
Desktop Shortcuts
Versioning Database Schema
LocalServer
Syncing
Giving Web Applications Similar Features to Desktop Applications

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