Sinatra global application variable
ruby, sinatra
Solution
Sinatra itself doesn’t restart on each request in development mode (it used to), but shotgun has that effect:
Each time a request is received, it forks, loads the application in the child process, processes the request, and exits the child process.
Simply use `ruby web.rb`, and everything should work (modulo threading issues that from you comment it looks like you’re aware of).
Problem
I've got a simple Sinatra app that I'd like to share a variable across all sessions and requests. ``` configure do @@click_count = 0 end def send_message(text) # ignore, this part works end post '/click' do @@click_count = @@click_count + 1 send_message "clicks: #{@@click_count}" end ``` The message sent is always `clicks: 1` instead of incrementing. I've also tried `set :click_count, 0` and then `settings.click_count = settings.click_count + 1` but I still get the same thing. I'm running the server locally with shotgun using `shotgun web.rb -p 4567 -E production` because another question mentioned in non-production environments the server is restarted on each request which loses the state. Any ideas how to get this to work?