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

[Lars Sonchocky-Helldorf]

Hi Nikolaus, hi Sergey,

my plan is as follows:

At I'll try to whip up a WebObjects based prototype (as I am  
currently much more "fluid" using the tools for WebObjects and  
because I never did any GSWeb before) during the next weeks which  
then can easily be ported to GSWeb (at least that's what I hope for).

I also tend to use PostgreSQL as database since I consider PostgreSQL  
much more sane than MySQL from my experiences.

Am 17.02.2010 um 20:54 schrieb hns@computer.org:

> Let's start with the data model. So, how does this work? As far as I
> understood the overview one has to start a project and define the data
> model first.

Almost. Usually the very first step is to define what features the  
proposed application should have, how it's supposed to work and  
function, e.g. some sort of concept. I guess since we already have an  
precursor here http://www.gnustep.org/softwareindex/ the necessary  
effort shouldn't be to extensive (although I must admit I don't fully  
understand the existing application - but then again it's already  
late in the night)

But right after this you usually create the data model (I use usually  
EOModeler or Entity Modeler for this since those allow me to generate  
the entity classes and the necessary SQL in one stop)

> > What I think we should start with the data model. Currently, we have
> > these tables:
> >
> > 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.
>
> Unfortunately the attachment was lost. Here it is inlined:
>
> # phpMyAdmin SQL Dump
> # version 2.5.6
> # http://www.phpmyadmin.net
> #
> # Host: mysql.gnustep.org
> # Erstellungszeit: 16. Februar 2010 um 13:24
> # Server Version: 4.0.20
> # PHP-Version: 4.3.8
> #
> # Datenbank: `gnustep`
> #

I'll comment on that tomorrow when I am not so tired and when I have  
explored the current software index a little more.


cheers,

        Lars