Re: Renovating GNUstep Software Index into an App-Store...

[Lars Sonchocky-Helldorf]

Hi,

Am 16.02.2010 um 13:29 schrieb Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller:

> Am 16.02.2010 um 05:45 schrieb Sergey Golovin:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > 2010/2/15 hns@computer.org <hns@computer.org>
> > Hi all,
> > recently there was the idea to improve and migrate our GNUstep
> > Software Index http://www.gnustep.org/softwareindex/ into a real
> > Application Store.
> >
> > And, it was proposed to make it a showcase for GSWeb (http://
> > wiki.gnustep.org/index.php/Creating_A_Simple_GSWeb_Application).
> >
> > Since I have nil experience with the latter, I would propose to
> > discuss what we need to do to transform the html/php/mysql code&data
> > from SWI into a GSWeb app. And, how to install it on the  
> > www.gnustep.org
> > server.
> > ...
> > So what do you think what (now whom) we need to do to achieve this
> > target?
> >
> > I have some time to spend on this task. I had have some experience  
> > with GSWeb
> > until I switched to SOPE. It could be curiously to check the state  
> > of GSWeb in
> > a working application at least for me ;-). Appropriate  
> > functionality can be achieved
> > in 3-4 week (I believe :-)).
>
> That is less than I had expected!

Well, WebObjects (or in our case GNUstepWeb) is an RAD (rapid  
application development) environment. But sadly it has often been  
underestimated and/or misunderstood.

here's an short introduction: http://wiki.gnustep.org/index.php/ 
Creating_A_Simple_GSWeb_Application
and here: http://wiki.gnustep.org/index.php/GSWComponent

Otherwise this might help (it's for Apple's WO and it's in Java but  
the concepts matter):

http://developer.apple.com/legacy/mac/library/documentation/ 
WebObjects/Web_Applications/Introduction.html
http://developer.apple.com/legacy/mac/library/referencelibrary/ 
GettingStarted/GS_WebObjects/index.html
http://developer.apple.com/legacy/mac/library/documentation/ 
DeveloperTools/Conceptual/WOTutorial/DatabaseApplication/ 
DatabaseApplication.html

some WO-Community wiki is here:

http://wiki.objectstyle.org/confluence/display/WO/Home

> > I don't see about www.gnustep.org clear yet because I know nothing  
> > about it.
>
> Well, this is mirrored from a machine called cvs.savannah.gnu.org.  
> There, we have a CVS for the web code that is copied every hour to  
> the production server. And, we have a MySQL database for the data.
>
> I think you can get the current source code through
> cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.savannah.gnu.org:/web/gnustep co  
> gnustepor easier throughhttp://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/ 
> gnustep/softwareindex/?root=gnustep

Is this really still CVS (not SVN)?

> What I think we should start with the data model. Currently, we  
> have these tables:
>
> <gnustep.sql>
>
> I think most parts are self-explaning when one goes through the Web  
> forms of the current Soctware Index.
>
> Screenshots are not stored as BLOBs but in files on the server.  
> And, we never store binaries but only links to sources and homepages.
>
> > Anyway I would be glad to help in such a way.
>
> That will be a good start and if others jump in, it may become  
> reality..

I am also somewhat experienced WebObjects developer (this is part of  
my day job, although using WO 5.something which is Java)
> Best regards,
> Nikolaus
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