[Buildbot-devel] Fwd: Nodejs with python

[Dustin J. Mitchell]

On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 10:07 AM, Pierre Tardy <tardyp at gmail.com> wrote:
> We are using angularjs framework to do the data binding in the browser.
>
> Then the model if fetched via the new REST api of buildbot nine, and updated
> via SSE.
>
> You can find a bit more information here:
> https://github.com/buildbot/buildbot/blob/nine/master/docs/developer/www.rst
>
> a proof of concept of this mechanics is available here:
> https://github.com/buildbot/buildbot/blob/nine/www/src/scripts/services/buildbotService.coffee
>
> But I dont like the api it is providing.
>
> I'd like to have an api similar to restangular:
> https://github.com/mgonto/restangular
> which does not have automatic update via SSE
>
> so I'd like to have a similar technic that is used in FireBase angular
> bindings:
> https://github.com/firebase/angularFire
>
> so this will do something like
>
> buildbotService.get("builders").get(1234).get("logs").getAll($scope, 'logs')
> or maybe:
> buildbotService.builders().get(1234).logs().getAll($scope, 'logs')
> if I do the getattr syntax sugar trick.
>
> (I'd like to have other devs feedback on this, before I start)
>
> Regards,
> Pierre

Simon, did you have any thoughts here?  Buildbot lacks frontend
experience, in general, and Pierre and I are looking for all the
advice and assistance we can get from folks more familiar than us.
Your email footer suggests you may be one such person!

Dustin