In article <20160313123548.gb7...@sdf.org>, <co...@sdf.org> wrote: >Hi! > >You may know from pkgsrc-wip, and making a lot of noise^Wbug reports. >I'm a long time NetBSD user and a somewhat experienced web developer, >and also an electrical engineering student. > >I've got a plan for the aforementioned project. > >I plan to implement it using Lua and bozohttpd, given that they're >available in base and fairly portable. > >Rough timetable: > >First 1-3 weeks: >- Survey several users of alternatives on the pros and cons of the > products and their use >- Play around with the alternatives and npf >- Learn how to make websites with Lua > >At the end of which, I hope to have a list of features labeled "need, >want, good to have". > >Afterwards: >- Implement support for all the features marked "need" >- Plan a design for the above. > >It's very minimal and meant to ensure I will certainly have a working >product at the end of the project. > >Any additional time: >- Implement a good amount of the "want" features >- Re-design the website, probably. > >Additional additional time: >- Implement "good to have" features >- Translate the website to my native language, mostly to ensure it is not too > challenging to produce translations. >- Add support for extensions, and write one extension, whatever is > popular for pfSense. >- Redesign again, because nobody is ever happy > >Nobody signed up for mentoring this project, so I'll clarify what I want >of a mentor: >- Absolutely no need for knowledge with web development, UI designs, or Lua. >- Someone who has used the alternatives and plans to use this one. >- Someone that knows the feature list of npf and other things. >- Bounce ideas back and forth about designs. > >That is because, while I'm confident with web development, I've never >used a packet filter or npf. > >Not fixed on this plan at all, willing to change any part given it is >done at the beginning.
This looks good, but I am wondering if it is not going to be easier and better for you to use one of the existing web-ui frameworks so you can have more time to spend on functionality. christos
