Re: [Fofredux-devel] 0.4 Roadmap

[Kevin <ke...@dr...>]

Andrew Turner wrote:
> Roadmap:
> Now that we're putting together the next major version of FoFRedux, I
> wanted to gather people's ideas on what the next version should
> include, and how we want to go about adding it all in a timely, and
> constructive, manner.
>
> There are 3 major modifications happening (that I can think of):
> 1) Code framework cleanup/pull-apart
> 2) Multiple Users
> 3) UI redesign implementation, and ajax
>
> Items 1 & 2 should happen together, as functions will need to receive
> the user_id or session of the current logged in user requesting data.
> Furthermore, a user table and several join tables will have to be
> added to associate users with their: feeds, items, tags, and options.
>
> Beginning item 3 can be done largely independent of items 1 & 2, as it
> is implementing Khaled's designs in CSS/HTML/JS. When it comes to
> actually hooking in the UI into the code, that's where items 1 & 3
> will need to coordinate.
>
> The purpose of the Code cleanup is to separate the "View" logic from
> the Controller logic (assuming we use some kind of MVC design idea),
> so the View interface can be spec'd later.
>
> Katie & Kevin, can you you two handle items 1 & 2? You have the most
> experience with modifying the db and logic.
>
>   
Sure, I can help with that.  The code could definitely use some "spring 
cleaning".

> PS >
> Mapping:
> I finally got a little bit of time to toss in basic mapping. As you
> may remember/know, I'm a huge geo/mapping nut and this was one of the
> reasons I originally picked up FoFRedux. I now have GeoRSS support of
> the rss output and can display feed items on a GoogleMap. I'm planning
> on adding better viewing/listing. The parameters in the map.php are
> the same as view.php and rss.php.
>
> http://code.highearthorbit.com/fofredux/fofredux_head/map.php?feed=29
>
>
>   
That's pretty cool.   I don't see myself using it.  This might be a good 
candidate for a plugin.

-Kevin