ASLO2

The aslo2 is a hypothetical revision of the aslo site that brings new features. This pages discusses them.

You can find the code here: https://github.com/SAMdroid-apps/aslo/

Features

Here is a rundown from the mailing list:

   [We] need start with the features the actual ASLO have:
   
   * Stores every version of a activity (.xo, release notes, screenshots).
       Added that
   
   * Can search by text or activity description (English only)
       Yep. The search is even done client side so it is (almost) instant.
   
   * UI localized
       I have that feature, but no translations :)
   
   * Activities have categories
       I will add that. I'm not really sure what categories to do, maybe these: http://jsfiddle.net/H5sAH/2/ (I tried to base it off the ASLO but the ASLO's categories IMHO are pretty confusing)?
   Also maybe put the categories in a categories field in activity.info?
   
   * Users can add comments and stars
       Yep.
   
   * Offer the last activity version available based on the user Sugar version (if use Browse activity) 
   etc
       Just did that.
    
   [You] can add the new features we need:
   
   * support i18n (search in languages different than English)
       Yep, got that.
   
   * make easier publish a new version
   * automatic publish of development versions with github hooks
       I think so. I've probably also made it a pain to not use github hooks :)
    
   * bugs reports? (will create bus in bugs.sugarlabs.org?)
       That is a good idea! Maybe let developers choose between that and github issues?
   
   * improve communication with the developers?
       Well the aslo2 has lost all references to firefox :)
       Also I have replies in that comments which let developers or community members reply, and I should add email notifications.

Implementation Details

JSON Backend

The data about the activities is stored in a json file. This json file is available via GitHub (currently https://github.com/SAMdroid-apps/sugar-activities). This is served with the correct content type here: http://aslo-bot-master.sugarlabs.org/data.json

Activity Buildbots

The aslo2 integrates a lot with GitHub. It offers a web hook for which the activity can be automatically built and listing data extracted.

Here is a diagram of the network:

   GitHub ----Hook-Request----> Bot Master  <----Activity-Data------.
     ^                            |    ^------Request-For-Task---> Bots
     |-----Data-Committed---------|

Here is a list of data sorces for the activity listing:

• Title, Summary - activity.info for en-US and po/LANG.po for the translations
• Screenshots - /screenshots/LANG/NAME.png
• What's New - NEWS.LANG (NEWS defaults to en-US). Use this format https://github.com/ignaciouy/chat/blob/af7bbc9b8036fb7252cf21cd6a2e6d545a42ed5d/NEWS
• Compatibility - Robots reading through your code :)
• Authors - You need to do that manually
• Bundle - Automatically compiled by the robots

Commenting

Here are a few points:

• Live updating - via websockets
• Replying to comments
• 4 comment types: bug, question, idea and rating

Design / UX

SAMdroid (talk) I think it looks nicer. You compare: http://imgur.com/C4oxFtS

It is a html5 site with ajax, rather than just server side pages.