Hey Guys, >From memory I think I filed an ICLA previously, and yes I'm happy to pitch in with the work that Gord is proposing also (which is slightly more extensive than what is included in the existing PR).
Cheers, Damon. On Tue, Oct 8, 2013 at 9:41 PM, Christian Grobmeier <[email protected]>wrote: > Although I don't not understand from Ripple as much as I wished, this > looks like a great addition. Also I understood that this middleware yould > maybe be used to mock server backend connections, right? I have exactly > that use case that a guy who helps me in his prime time on my project would > prefer not to install the huge, real java server but just work with some > json first. > > Damon mentioned he is willing to contribute his feature. If he would file > an ICLA and donates we could take this commit directly. Furthermore I see a > good chance to welcome a new team member in a while. :-) > > > On 8 Oct 2013, at 2:49, Gord Tanner wrote: > > We had a fork a little while ago that added the ability to have custom >> middleware for the Ripple server [1]. >> >> Basically when adding path's to the ripple server it would detect the >> presence of a ripple-middleware.js file and require and load it into the >> express app. >> >> This is an amazing feature and would give us a lot of power for >> integrating >> in some third party plugins and extensions. >> >> I am thinking we should take inspiration from this commit and create a >> middleware injection system for ripple. >> >> I would think we need to support global middleware (loaded for every >> project) as well as project based middleware (loaded from a file in the >> project folder, much like the pull request does now) >> >> Starting this thread to talk about high level design goals for this >> feature >> as well as debating if it is required. >> >> Usecases: >> >> - Custom route overrides >> - Browserifying content >> - Other fun stuff >> - Simulating Lagging of content. This would be awesome! >> >> >> >> [1] - >> https://github.com/**DamonOehlman/incubator-ripple/**commit/** >> f35ae027c9c605983d63a2d8a741fc**148f804a77<https://github.com/DamonOehlman/incubator-ripple/commit/f35ae027c9c605983d63a2d8a741fc148f804a77> >> > > > --- > http://www.grobmeier.de > @grobmeier > GPG: 0xA5CC90DB >
