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diff --git a/docs/softwarestack.rst b/docs/softwarestack.rst deleted file mode 100644 index 024f0d5d..00000000 --- a/docs/softwarestack.rst +++ /dev/null @@ -1,127 +0,0 @@ -======= - Stack -======= - -The software stack for this project might change over time, but this -is what we're thinking right now. - -There's some explanation of design decisions in the -:ref:`design-decisions-chapter`. - - -Python -====== - -* http://python.org/ - -The core team does a lot of work in Python and it's the language we're -most likely to do a project like this in. - - -MongoDB -======= - -* http://www.mongodb.org/ - -A "document database". Because it's extremely flexible and scales up -well, but I guess not down well. - - -MongoKit -======== - -* http://namlook.github.com/mongokit/ - -A lightweight ORM for mongodb. Helps us define our structures better, -does schema validation, schema evolution, and helps make things more -fun and pythonic. - - -Jinja2 -====== - -* http://jinja.pocoo.org/docs/ - -For templating. Pretty much django templates++ but allows us to pass -arguments into method calls instead of writing custom tags. - - -WTForms -======= - -* http://wtforms.simplecodes.com/ - -For form handling, validation, abstraction. Almost just like Django's -templates. - - -WebOb -===== - -* http://pythonpaste.org/webob/ - -Gives nice request/response objects (also somewhat Django-ish). - - -Paste Deploy and Paste Script -============================= - -* http://pythonpaste.org/deploy/ -* http://pythonpaste.org/script/ - -This will be the default way of configuring and launching the -application. Since GNU MediaGoblin will be fairly WSGI minimalist though, -you can probably use other ways to launch it, though this will be the -default. - - -Routes -====== - -* http://routes.groovie.org/ - -For URL Routing. It works well enough. - - -JQuery -====== - -* http://jquery.com/ - -For all sorts of things on the JavaScript end of things, for all sorts -of reasons. - - -Beaker -====== - -* http://beaker.groovie.org/ - -For sessions, because that seems like it's generally considered the -way to go I guess. - - -Nose -==== - -* http://somethingaboutorange.com/mrl/projects/nose/1.0.0/ - -For unit tests because it makes testing a bit nicer. - - -Celery -====== - -* http://celeryproject.org/ - -For task queueing (resizing images, encoding video, ...). - - -RabbitMQ -======== - -* http://www.rabbitmq.com/ - -For sending tasks to celery, because I guess that's what most people -do. Might be optional, might also let people use MongoDB for this if -they want. |