Summer of Code/2010/Abstract Browser - Revision history

Lucian at 18:17, 10 April 2010

2010-04-10T18:17:01Z

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	Since I was using a lot of open source at home, I tried to push it in school as well. I managed to make students and teachers aware of GCC as a replacement for Borland C/C++, Mono and SharpDevelop as a replacement for the not-quite-free Visual Studio. With the help of a friend, I even managed to convince the head of school to install Ubuntu in one of the labs.		Since I was using a lot of open source at home, I tried to push it in school as well. I managed to make students and teachers aware of GCC as a replacement for Borland C/C++, Mono and SharpDevelop as a replacement for the not-quite-free Visual Studio. With the help of a friend, I even managed to convince the head of school to install Ubuntu in one of the labs.

	~~I've also participated in last year's GSoC, adding SSB support to Browse. See [Webified].~~

	====You and the community====		====You and the community====

Lucian at 15:27, 9 April 2010

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	# Design and implement a browser engine abstraction layer in Python with two backends: hulahop/xulrunner and pywebkitgtk/webkit.		# Design and implement a browser engine abstraction layer in Python with two backends: hulahop/xulrunner and pywebkitgtk/webkit.
	# Port Browse to this new abstraction layer, complete with [[Webified\|SSB support]].		# Port Browse to this new abstraction layer, complete with [[Webified\|SSB support]].

			Since recent efforts to empower browsers like HTML5, Jetpack and the Chrome extension API are minimalistic in nature, the web development world is moving towards engine-independent extensions. Thus, implementing Jetpack/Chrome extensions/similar homegrown API for Browse should be both feasible and would benefit from a wealth of existing code.

			SSBs are becoming less "web app to replace desktop apps" and more "internet apps to fit better in the desktop". I will design Browse's new SSB support to match this trend.

	* '''What is the timeline for development of your project? The Summer of Code work period is 7 weeks long, May 23 - August 10; tell us what you will be working on each week. (As the summer goes on, you and your mentor will adjust your schedule, but it's good to have a plan at the beginning so you have an idea of where you're headed.) Note that you should probably plan to have something "working and 90% done" by the midterm evaluation (July 6-13); the last steps always take longer than you think, and we will consider cancelling projects which are not mostly working by then.'''		* '''What is the timeline for development of your project? The Summer of Code work period is 7 weeks long, May 23 - August 10; tell us what you will be working on each week. (As the summer goes on, you and your mentor will adjust your schedule, but it's good to have a plan at the beginning so you have an idea of where you're headed.) Note that you should probably plan to have something "working and 90% done" by the midterm evaluation (July 6-13); the last steps always take longer than you think, and we will consider cancelling projects which are not mostly working by then.'''

Lucian at 15:19, 9 April 2010

2010-04-09T15:19:08Z

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	# Write prototype of abstraction layer		# Write prototype of abstraction layer
	## WebView GTK widget that wraps hulahop.WebView or pywebkitgtk.WebView		#* WebView GTK widget that wraps hulahop.WebView or pywebkitgtk.WebView
	## nothing more than WebView.load_uri()		#* nothing more than WebView.load_uri()
	# Simple Browser activity based on the abstraction layer		# Simple Browser activity based on the abstraction layer
	## recycle code from Browse & Surf		#* recycle code from Browse & Surf
	## implement missing functionality as needed		#* implement missing functionality as needed
	# Basic browser functionality		# Basic browser functionality
	## DOM access		#* DOM access
	## html events mapped to gobject events		#* html events mapped to gobject events
	# More browser functionality		# More browser functionality
	## downloads, history		#* downloads, history
	## user stylesheets		#* user stylesheets
	## browser settings (i.e. proxy)		#* browser settings (i.e. proxy)
	# Port SSB code from Browse's ssb branch		# Port SSB code from Browse's ssb branch
	## create ssb		#* create ssb
	## edit userstyles/usersheets		#* edit userstyles/usersheets
	## bookmarklets		#* bookmarklets
	# More functionality		# More functionality
	# Polish		# Polish

Lucian at 15:14, 9 April 2010

2010-04-09T15:14:25Z

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	# Write prototype of abstraction layer		# Write prototype of abstraction layer
	* WebView GTK widget that wraps hulahop.WebView or pywebkitgtk.WebView		## WebView GTK widget that wraps hulahop.WebView or pywebkitgtk.WebView
	* nothing more than WebView.load_uri()		## nothing more than WebView.load_uri()
	# Simple Browser activity based on the abstraction layer		# Simple Browser activity based on the abstraction layer
	* recycle code from Browse & Surf		## recycle code from Browse & Surf
	* implement missing functionality as needed		## implement missing functionality as needed
	# Basic browser functionality		# Basic browser functionality
	* DOM access		## DOM access
	* html events mapped to gobject events		## html events mapped to gobject events
	# More browser functionality		# More browser functionality
	* downloads, history		## downloads, history
	* user stylesheets		## user stylesheets
	* browser settings (i.e. proxy)		## browser settings (i.e. proxy)
	# Port SSB code from Browse's ssb branch		# Port SSB code from Browse's ssb branch
	* create ssb		## create ssb
	* edit userstyles/usersheets		## edit userstyles/usersheets
	* bookmarklets		## bookmarklets
	# More functionality		# More functionality
	# Polish		# Polish

Lucian at 15:10, 9 April 2010

2010-04-09T15:10:01Z

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	# Write prototype of abstraction layer		# Write prototype of abstraction layer
	* WebView GTK widget that wraps hulahop.WebView or pywebkitgtk.WebView		* WebView GTK widget that wraps hulahop.WebView or pywebkitgtk.WebView
	* nothing more than WebView.load_uri()		* nothing more than WebView.load_uri()
	# Simple Browser activity based on the abstraction layer		# Simple Browser activity based on the abstraction layer
	* recycle code from Browse & Surf		* recycle code from Browse & Surf
	* implement missing functionality as needed		* implement missing functionality as needed
	# Basic browser functionality		# Basic browser functionality
	* DOM access		* DOM access
	* html events mapped to gobject events		* html events mapped to gobject events
	# More browser functionality		# More browser functionality
	* downloads, history		* downloads, history
	* user stylesheets		* user stylesheets
	* browser settings (i.e. proxy)		* browser settings (i.e. proxy)
	# Port SSB code from Browse's ssb branch		# Port SSB code from Browse's ssb branch
	* create ssb		* create ssb
	* edit userstyles/usersheets		* edit userstyles/usersheets
	* bookmarklets		* bookmarklets
	# More functionality		# More functionality
	# Polish		# Polish
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	Since I was using a lot of open source at home, I tried to push it in school as well. I managed to make students and teachers aware of GCC as a replacement for Borland C/C++, Mono and SharpDevelop as a replacement for the not-quite-free Visual Studio. With the help of a friend, I even managed to convince the head of school to install Ubuntu in one of the labs.		Since I was using a lot of open source at home, I tried to push it in school as well. I managed to make students and teachers aware of GCC as a replacement for Borland C/C++, Mono and SharpDevelop as a replacement for the not-quite-free Visual Studio. With the help of a friend, I even managed to convince the head of school to install Ubuntu in one of the labs.

			I've also participated in last year's GSoC, adding SSB support to Browse. See [Webified].

	====You and the community====		====You and the community====

Lucian at 15:08, 9 April 2010

2010-04-09T15:08:28Z

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	* '''What is the timeline for development of your project? The Summer of Code work period is 7 weeks long, May 23 - August 10; tell us what you will be working on each week. (As the summer goes on, you and your mentor will adjust your schedule, but it's good to have a plan at the beginning so you have an idea of where you're headed.) Note that you should probably plan to have something "working and 90% done" by the midterm evaluation (July 6-13); the last steps always take longer than you think, and we will consider cancelling projects which are not mostly working by then.'''		* '''What is the timeline for development of your project? The Summer of Code work period is 7 weeks long, May 23 - August 10; tell us what you will be working on each week. (As the summer goes on, you and your mentor will adjust your schedule, but it's good to have a plan at the beginning so you have an idea of where you're headed.) Note that you should probably plan to have something "working and 90% done" by the midterm evaluation (July 6-13); the last steps always take longer than you think, and we will consider cancelling projects which are not mostly working by then.'''
			Weeks:
			# Write prototype of abstraction layer
			* WebView GTK widget that wraps hulahop.WebView or pywebkitgtk.WebView
			* nothing more than WebView.load_uri()
			# Simple Browser activity based on the abstraction layer
			* recycle code from Browse & Surf
			* implement missing functionality as needed
			# Basic browser functionality
			* DOM access
			* html events mapped to gobject events
			# More browser functionality
			* downloads, history
			* user stylesheets
			* browser settings (i.e. proxy)
			# Port SSB code from Browse's ssb branch
			* create ssb
			* edit userstyles/usersheets
			* bookmarklets
			# More functionality
			# Polish

	* '''Convince us, in 5-15 sentences, that you will be able to successfully complete your project in the timeline you have described. This is usually where people describe their past experiences, credentials, prior projects, schoolwork, and that sort of thing, but be creative. Link to prior work or other resources as relevant.'''		* '''Convince us, in 5-15 sentences, that you will be able to successfully complete your project in the timeline you have described. This is usually where people describe their past experiences, credentials, prior projects, schoolwork, and that sort of thing, but be creative. Link to prior work or other resources as relevant.'''

FGrose at 01:50, 5 April 2010

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	Web technologies are remarkably flexible and it would be great to encourage students to play around with them.		Web technologies are remarkably flexible and it would be great to encourage students to play around with them.

	[[Category:~~2009~~ GSoC applications]]		[[Category:2010 GSoC applications]]

FGrose: moved Summer of Code/2010/AbstractBrowser to Summer of Code/2010/Abstract Browser: deCamelcase page titles to enable easier searching

2010-03-28T21:20:11Z

moved Summer of Code/2010/AbstractBrowser to Summer of Code/2010/Abstract Browser: deCamelcase page titles to enable easier searching

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Lucian at 00:54, 26 March 2010

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	Thus, this project has two parts:		Thus, this project has two parts:
	1) Design and implement a browser engine abstraction layer in Python with two backends: hulahop/xulrunner and pywebkitgtk/webkit.		# Design and implement a browser engine abstraction layer in Python with two backends: hulahop/xulrunner and pywebkitgtk/webkit.
			# Port Browse to this new abstraction layer, complete with [[Webified\|SSB support]].
	2) Port Browse to this new abstraction layer, complete with [[Webified\|SSB support]].

	* '''What is the timeline for development of your project? The Summer of Code work period is 7 weeks long, May 23 - August 10; tell us what you will be working on each week. (As the summer goes on, you and your mentor will adjust your schedule, but it's good to have a plan at the beginning so you have an idea of where you're headed.) Note that you should probably plan to have something "working and 90% done" by the midterm evaluation (July 6-13); the last steps always take longer than you think, and we will consider cancelling projects which are not mostly working by then.'''		* '''What is the timeline for development of your project? The Summer of Code work period is 7 weeks long, May 23 - August 10; tell us what you will be working on each week. (As the summer goes on, you and your mentor will adjust your schedule, but it's good to have a plan at the beginning so you have an idea of where you're headed.) Note that you should probably plan to have something "working and 90% done" by the midterm evaluation (July 6-13); the last steps always take longer than you think, and we will consider cancelling projects which are not mostly working by then.'''

Lucian at 00:51, 26 March 2010

2010-03-26T00:51:02Z

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	* '''What is your IRC nickname?'''		* '''What is your IRC nickname?'''
	lucian~~. backups are lucian1900 and sindbad1900~~		lucian
	* '''What is your primary language? (We have mentors who speak multiple languages and can match you with one of them if you'd prefer.)'''		* '''What is your primary language? (We have mentors who speak multiple languages and can match you with one of them if you'd prefer.)'''
	English and Romanian, either is fine.		English and Romanian, either is fine.
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	* '''What is the name of your project?'''		* '''What is the name of your project?'''
	~~Webified~~		AbstractBrowser
	* '''Describe your project in 10-20 sentences. What are you making? Who are you making it for, and why do they need it? What technologies (programming languages, etc.) will you be using?'''		* '''Describe your project in 10-20 sentences. What are you making? Who are you making it for, and why do they need it? What technologies (programming languages, etc.) will you be using?'''
			Several people have expressed concern about xulrunner/hulahop and Browse maintainability. Also, there is a perception that webkit is faster and uses less memory than gecko. Various benchmarks do seem to show webkit to be superior, but results are inconclusive. Also, the Surf activity is significantly faster than Browse on XOs.

			It would be good if Browse could switch between browser engines, if not at runtime at least with little effort. This would require an abstraction layer on top of hulahop/pywebkitgtk that Browse could target. This would open the road for other engines as well (like chromium).

			Thus, this project has two parts:
			1) Design and implement a browser engine abstraction layer in Python with two backends: hulahop/xulrunner and pywebkitgtk/webkit.

			2) Port Browse to this new abstraction layer, complete with [[Webified\|SSB support]].

	* '''What is the timeline for development of your project? The Summer of Code work period is 7 weeks long, May 23 - August 10; tell us what you will be working on each week. (As the summer goes on, you and your mentor will adjust your schedule, but it's good to have a plan at the beginning so you have an idea of where you're headed.) Note that you should probably plan to have something "working and 90% done" by the midterm evaluation (July 6-13); the last steps always take longer than you think, and we will consider cancelling projects which are not mostly working by then.'''		* '''What is the timeline for development of your project? The Summer of Code work period is 7 weeks long, May 23 - August 10; tell us what you will be working on each week. (As the summer goes on, you and your mentor will adjust your schedule, but it's good to have a plan at the beginning so you have an idea of where you're headed.) Note that you should probably plan to have something "working and 90% done" by the midterm evaluation (July 6-13); the last steps always take longer than you think, and we will consider cancelling projects which are not mostly working by then.'''