Re: [Ring] GSoC: Asad Salman

[Asad Salman]

Here's an update on my project:

There are two basic building blocks we needed working to wrap the C++ Daemon in a Node.js API, those were actual API calls and the _javascript_ callbacks. I have successfully got both working now (though callbacks were the challenging bit).

My task now is two-pronged:

1. Extending the coverage of the Node.js Wrapper to include more of the Ring Daemon functions
2. Organize the Node.js module so that it can easily be included and used in other Node.js based projects (thus leading the way to an Electron client)

The above two will be my goals for the coming few weeks.

On Mon, May 15, 2017 at 1:46 PM, Asad Salman <address@hidden> wrote:

Hello everyone!

I am Asad Salman from School of EE & CS, NUST, Islamabad, Pakistan (UTC+5). This year, I'll be working on Ring as part of Google Summer of Code under the tutelage of Adrien Béraud.

A lot of Ring development time is spent on developing and maintaining different clients on different OS. Every time we have to integrate a new feature, we have to integrate it in different clients in different environments (with different available APIs). This wastes a lot of time that can be spent on better things. Also, this way some clients are left behind (e.g. Mac client).

My project is on writing a NodeJS wrapper around the Ring Daemon. Such a wrapper will allow cross-platform Ring clients to be developed using frameworks like Electron.

I'd love to hear any suggestions you guys may have related to the project. I look forward to working on this project with the Ring developers.

-Asad