StatusNet Update: Google Summer of Code (GSoC) Part 4!
Hello StatusNet community, this is Derek reporting to you from StatusNet in Montreal. We are nearing the end of our Google Summer of Code (GSoC) series, and so the student that we will be getting an update from today will be Arunoda Susiripal.
The past while Arunoda has been working hard with his StatusNet mentor Zach Copley, and today I will share with you his update on his accomplishments thus-far, and the things that he is working on for a later date. This is Arunoda's update:
Status.Net Javascript API
It's time again for a report. You might wonder why there was no such a project titled as the one above. Well, at the beginning there was none. This is the same project we named as StatusNet Everywhere, but with the advice from the community, we've changed the name to Status.Net JavaScript API.
Story so far
Phase One of the project has been completed with a huge success. And we are on schedule and we hope to build a relatively stable product at the end of the GSoC time period which has hardly happened in GSoC projects. By the way, you may be wondering about the project we are talking about here, and what it does? You can get a clear idea about the project from the Status.Net wiki. In abstract form, Status.Net Javascript API is an API Wrapper for Status.Net. It runs completely on JavaScript (in your web browser) and a set of widgets performing Status.Net functionalities on a regular web site, whether it is your Personnel, Blog or Company Website.
Stata - Working Demo
You may be wondering what you can do with this. You can do whatever you think you can when it comes to Status.Net and the opportunities for innovation are endless. We've not completed our project yet, however, we have built the API Wrapper for Status.Net. With that, we've built an app which is another User-Interface for identi.ca and it runs on your browser.
Widget Library
As GSoC continues, we are moving into our next phase that we have started, which will be to build a Widget library on the top of the API Wrapper. If we talked about widgets, they are elements displayed on a web page which does some functionality of Status.Net, or displays a summary of information gathered from Status.Net.
Widgets we are about to build include:
- Hovercards
- Profile Box
- Follow Button (like Facebook "Like" button)
- Status Box
- Friend List Box
That's it for now! This is what has been happening with the Status.Net JavaScript API. We would really appreciate your views on this project and contribution of any kind. We hope to increase the development of the project and release a set of widgets which can be used as soon as possible. Stay in touch with the project to see the amazing outcomes!
- Arunoda
Feel free to make your own contributions, and to contact Arunoda or Zach:
Contact Arunoda (GSoC Student)
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