Pierre Laperdrix: [snip] >>> Technical choices >>> In my opinion, the website must be accessible and modular. It should >>> have the ability to cope with an important number of connections/data. >>> With this in mind and the experience gained from developing AmIUnique, I >>> plan on using the Play framework with a MongoDB database. Developing the >>> website in Java opens the door to many developers to make the website >>> better and more robust after its initial launch since it is one of most >>> used programming language in the world. On the storage and statistics >>> side, MongoDB is a good fit because it is now a mature technology that >>> can scale well with an important number of data and connections. >>> Moreover, the use of SQL databases for AmIUnique proved to be really >>> powerful but the maintenance after the website was launched became a >>> tedious task, especially when modifying the underlying model of a >>> fingerprint to collect new attributes. The choice of a more flexible and >>> modular database seems a better choice for maintenance and for >>> adding/removing tests. >> >> If we look at the Tor side I guess we have more experience with Python >> code (which includes me) than Java. Thus, by using Python it might be >> easier for us to maintain the code in the longer run. That said, I am >> fine with the decisions as you made them especially if you are already >> familiar with using all these tools/languages. And, hey, we always >> encourage students to stay connected to us and get even deeper involved >> after the GSoC ended. So, this might then actually be an area for you... ;) >> > > I wrote that I would use Java and Play because I'm familiar with it but > I'm really open to try something new. > For the past year, I have mainly used Java and Python so switching to > Python is absolutely not a problem for me. In terms of timeline, this > would mean that the website would take a little more time to have a > proper first version running but if it means in the long-term that a > more broader part of the Tor community can participate, it is better. > And for me, learning new technos is part of the fun of development. > In terms of framework, the new version of Panopticlick is using Flask > but the Django framework seems to be more complete with a stronger > community support. Nice. But as I said it is mainly up to you and I brought these things up to take these constraints (the maintainablility and the guidelines for running services on Tor Project infrastructure) into account for fine-tuning your proposal. Georg [snip]
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