On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 4:30 AM, Chris Chabot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hey guys, > > Since no one likes to hear "it's being worked on" without being able > to see it, and i now have the first visible workings of a php version > i thought i'd post a bit of a progress report. > > I've been working for the last 7 or 8 days on a php port of the java > shindig code, I've chosen to follow the structure as closely as > possible where the language differences allows for it to make > supporting the same features and having the same behavior easier. Now > it's been a bit of a challenge, partially because the last time I've > read any java code is 8 years behind me, and partially since it's a > huge undertaking to port an entire large feature set and service > without being able to test it until all the components are done, and > php being a completely different environment then the java/jetty one. > > I've now reached the point where the basic structure is working, and > it successfully renders the todo.xml gadget into a valid and correct > gadget. > > I'm still working on the js, rpc, proxy and gadget token bits so their > not included in this, also the remote content gadgets are not > supported yet (though that will be very quick to follow). > > I expect to have those lacking bits done in the near future, and > combined with a good bit of testing i hope to have a 'patch' ready for > submission soonish (and i need to formalize the permission to submit > it under the apache license with my employer, but that is a mere > formality). > > Feature wise it's completely compatible to the java cousin, including > the 'features', message bundle, etc support and only the GadgetServer, > web service and caching parts are different from the java version (in > memory caching for instance couldn't work in a multi process php > environment), You could provide an abstraction here that uses either memcached, apc, or disk-based caching depending on what's available. APC is pretty much guaranteed to be there, and larger orgs would probably want to use memcached. > and i think i'll soon add a few more php specific > optimizations soon to speed the whole thing up a bit as well. > > The code i'm using for porting is from feb 14th, i'll evaluate the > patches that happen in the meantime once i've got everything done, > since doing both would be to much of a strain progress right now. > > A working demo can be seen here: > > http://shindig.chabotc.com/ifr/?url=http://www.labpixies.com/campaigns/todo/todo.xml > > And the code-so-far for those who are interested in a sneak preview of > it is here: > http://www.chabotc.com/php-shindig.tar.gz > > Please do keep in mind that it's still work in progress, so i know > there's no gadget container yet, no proxy implementation etc; If you > just want a fully functional php shindig server, please wait a little > more since this is nothing but a code preview :) > > -- Chris > > -- ~Kevin If you received this email by mistake, please delete it, cancel your mail account, destroy your hard drive, silence any witnesses, and burn down the building that you're in.
