Trying out Cassie's initial spec compliance app which I had to modify to: <Require feature="opensocial-samplecontainer"/> instead of <Require feature="opensocial-0.7"/>
you can see that you're getting there. Presumably not having any owner info is due to a lack of a real db backend? Great progress, looking forward to seeing this soon; we have a lot of people interested in a fuller PHP version. On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 9:45 AM, Cassie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So Shindig definitely needs its own tests. The spec will only include > compliance tests because thats all it can/should enforce. Compliance tests > will never be equivalent to a regular testing suite because the spec allows > a lot of different ways to handle one call. > > It can't test for instance that a person's name field is equal to what you > think it should be. That could only be in a shindig specific test. The > compliance test would only make sure that the call returned an > opensocial.Name object and had at least one field filled out. > > Hope that helps explain things. > > - Cassie > > > > > On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 9:15 AM, Bruno Bowden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Fantastic Chris. Thanks for the contributions. > > > > To help keep the two versions in sync, we should have test cases that can > > be > > run against both versions. That's something that belongs with the spec and > > outside of Shindig. > > > > > > 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), 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 > > > > > > > > >
