Session

A session is a means for interacting with Projects in the Tygron Platform. A session has several stages:

• Project startup phase, in which the project is initiated into computer memory.
• A live phase, in which the user can interact with the project.
• A save phase, in which the project data is stored from memory to hard disk.
• A close phase, in which the session's processes are neatly terminated and the session's data is removed from memory.

A session can be interacted with by multiple users at the same time. A session will generally be shut down once all users have logged out of the session. However, when chosen, a session can also be kept alive for longer periods of time.

There are several reasons to keep a session alive:

• The user has to wait on a result of a long computation.
• The project acts as a web service, such as WFS or WMS and can be updated in the mean time.

Interaction with a session can be restricted in functionality, based on the chosen startup mode.

• Editor mode allows users to adjust the initial state of a project. Additionally, test-runs can be activated within this session to test future scenarios. Restrictions concerning test-runs in editor mode can be found here.
• Single and multi-user mode allows users to only adjust the future state of a project. The initial state will remain the same, and indicators and overlays can refer to this initial state to show the improvements and progress being made. These sessions can be saved, to continue with it at a later time.