[Dev] writing extension parcels

[Alec Flett]

Morgen Sagen wrote:
> For next week's sprint I thought I might work on a simple XML-RPC 
> server parcel to make it easy for other clients to get data in/out of 
> Chandler.  Then along with that parcel write an OSX dashboard widget 
> which uses XML-RPC to display (and possibly edit) Chandler items.
>
Morgen - I'd like to experiment with an AJAX frontend to the repository 
- basically write Attribute Editors in HTML and embed them in the 
web-based repository viewer. I was thinking that I'd need XML-RPC access 
to the repository so this would be perfect!

Alec

> ~morgen
>
> On Jan 11, 2006, at 4:04 PM, Katie Capps Parlante wrote:
>
>> We're going to be doing parcel writing sprints, both here at OSAF 
>> next week, as well as at PyCon in Dallas in late February. We'd love 
>> to have people join us at PyCon.
>>
>> What does it mean to do a "parcel writing sprint"? Two people pick a 
>> small project, either to create a new extension parcel or extend an 
>> existing one. They sit down and pair program for a few hours (or 
>> days) to work on the project. Alternatively, a developer could work 
>> on a solo project. By having several of these small projects going at 
>> the same time, we have a group of people focusing on similar 
>> problems, raising issues and learning from each other.
>>
>> Even if you can't join the sprinting at PyCon, now would be a great 
>> time to take 0.6 out for a spin and try writing some extension 
>> parcels. It would be great to get feedback, both on what we've done 
>> so far (including documentation), as well as what would be helpful 
>> next steps to make Chandler more capable in supporting extensions.
>>
>> If you are looking for inspiration, check out the list of parcels 
>> Morgen put together (parcels that Morgen and others have started):
>> http://wiki.osafoundation.org/bin/view/Projects/ChandlerParcels
>>
>> Also, a quick brainstorm the other day about parcels people would 
>> like to write or see written yielded this list:
>>    - query and get events from eventful/evdb
>>    - calendar data sync with Apple iSync
>>    - jabber client
>>    - bugzilla interface
>>    - exchange sync (talk directly to outlook exchange)
>>    - backup and restore tool (back up data on collection by 
>> collection basis)
>>    - ups/fedex package tracker (a "parcel" parcel!)
>>    - structural tension charting
>>    - address book
>>    - im presence manager
>>    - irc client
>>    - parcel manager (keep track of what extension parcels are installed)
>>
>> We may not yet have good infrastructure to support each of these, but 
>> it might be fun and productive to push and see where we fall down.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Katie
>>
>>
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