Hi Nick, thank you for the feedback! I will definitely include this aspect in the project plan! I already have ideas for implementing this, and hope I will have the chance to actually implement it :)
Gábor 2013/4/25 Nick Hurley <[email protected]> > Hi Gabor, > > So I think this could be a really interesting project, with a lot of > potential. We already use node-spdy (https://github.com/indutny/node-spdy) > for our SPDY testing, and given that HTTP/2 is going to be very heavily > based on SPDY, it would be great to get node-spdy extended to support > HTTP/2. > > One of the big features that's missing from node-spdy right now is an easy > way to make it do bad things. So, for example, we can test our SPDY > implementation just fine for the "proper operation" case, but in the case > of us talking to a server that's broken somehow, we have no way of testing > that currently. > > I'm certain that supporting HTTP/2 is on our roadmap. I'm not sure how far > off it is, but it's definitely not something we're going to wait a really > long time for. > > I think it would be great to see a GSoC application based on this work. > > -Nick > > > On Sat, Apr 20, 2013 at 6:52 AM, Gábor Molnár <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Hello list, >> >> I am a student who would like to participate in the Google Summer of Code, >> and I have a particular project idea connected to networking and Mozilla: >> >> The project would be about implementing an early prototype server for the >> > HTTP/2 protocol in JavaScript (node.js) by the end of the summer with >> > emphasis on well documented code and verbose debugging output. I asked >> the >> > people on the HTTP/2 mailing list and they said that the first version >> of >> > the standard should be ready for prototyping by early summer. Having an >> > early prototype server that is well documented, and logs very verbosely >> > (packet-by-packet if needed) could be useful for developing client >> software >> > for the HTTP/2 protocol. >> > >> >> The motivation would be that this project could provide the HTTP working >> group some feedback (e.g. discovering ambiguities in the text, etc.), and >> that it could help engineers at Mozilla in prototyping HTTP/2 support. >> >> I would like to ask you about the latter assumption: do you agree that a >> prototype server like this could help in implementing HTTP/2 for Mozilla >> products? If yes, what features could make it even more suitable for that >> purpose? Is it on the roadmap to prototype HTTP/2 support in the not so >> distant future? >> >> Thank you for taking the time to share you thoughts! >> >> Regards, >> Gábor Molnár >> _______________________________________________ >> dev-tech-network mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-tech-network >> > > _______________________________________________ dev-tech-network mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-tech-network
