Add txtorcon project ideas
Damian Johnson commited on 2016-02-27 19:14:33
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Couple project ideas from meejah.
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+ <b>Project Ideas:</b><br /> |
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+ <i><a href="#txtorcon_use_txaio">Convert txtorcon to use txaio</a></i><br /> |
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+ <i><a href="#txtorcon_use_pytest">Convert txtorcon to py.test</a></i> |
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<h3>Tlsdate (<a href="https://github.com/ioerror/tlsdate">code</a>)</h3> |
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+ <a id="txtorcon_use_txaio"></a> |
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+ <li> |
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+ <b>Convert txtorcon to use txaio</b> |
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+ Language: <i>Python, asyncio, Twisted</i> |
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+ Likely Mentors: <i>meejah</i> |
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+ <br><br> |
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+ txtorcon is currently supports only Twisted users. Re-working txtorcon |
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+ to use the txaio library would allow users to choose between Twisted and |
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+ asyncio for the client code. |
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+ This would involve fairly extensive refactoring to txtorcon, as it |
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+ currently makes heavy use of @inlineCallbacks which doesn't work with |
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+ txaio. A prospective student should be very familiar with event-based |
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+ programming in general, and be familiar with one of Twisted or asyncio. |
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+ See also: https://github.com/meejah/txtorcon/issues/135 |
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+ </li> |
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+ <a id="txtorcon_use_pytest"></a> |
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+ <li> |
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+ <b>Convert txtorcon to py.test</b> |
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+ <br> |
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+ Language: <i>Python, Twisted</i> |
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+ <br> |
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+ Likely Mentors: <i>meejah</i> |
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+ <br><br> |
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+ <p> |
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+ Currently txtorcon uses the built-in "unittest" module, as well as |
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+ Twisted's Deferred-respecting extensions on top. However, meejah has |
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+ found py.test's "fixture" approach to be much more powerful in other |
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+ situations. |
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+ This project would be to port at least part of txtorcon's test-suite to |
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+ use py.test style tests and fixtures and evaluate: are the tests easier |
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+ to read? are there fewer lines of code? If so, the rest of the suite |
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+ should be ported and txtorcon switched over to use py.test exclusively. |
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+ <p> |
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+ As some of txtorcon's tests aren't very well-written, this would take a |
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+ prospective student who is very strong in unit-testing knowledge. As |
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+ txtorcon is event-based, familiarity with that style of programming |
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+ (preferrably with Twisted) is ideal. |
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+ See also: https://github.com/meejah/txtorcon/issues/136 |
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+ </li> |
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<b>Implement and Integrate CONIKS for Tor Messenger</b> |
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