On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 12:58 PM, Franklin, Matthew B. <[email protected]> wrote: >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Ryan Baxter [mailto:[email protected]] >>Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2012 12:43 PM >>To: [email protected]; Chris Cole >>Subject: Re: Shindig on .NET? >> >>Welcome Llya! >> >>Have you taken a look at Negroni [1]? It is probably not that active >>anymore but I know it was open sourced by MySpace and was based on >>.NET. Chris Cole (CCed) was one of the lead developers and can >>probably give you more information. >> >>As always we are welcome to contributions from everyone, but we need >>to evaluate any new implementations and make sure there is a serious >>developer community around them so they live up to the high standards >>of our consumers :) > > One potential avenue to keep in mind is a sponsored incubation. If the > Shindig PMC feels that this project could be a valuable sub-project of > Shindig, but are unsure of community and IP, they can sponsor the project's > incubation at http://incubator.apache.org. Once the project has proven that > it has an active & diverse community, then it can graduate as a sub-project > of Shindig or a new top-level project, if being a sub-project no longer makes > sense.
Great to know Matt. If Ilya wants to pursue this I am sure the community will consider the idea. > >> >>-Ryan >> >>[1] http://code.google.com/p/negroni/ >> >>On Tue, Aug 7, 2012 at 4:18 AM, Ilya Builuk <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Hello Shindig community! >>> >>> As developer who works with Microsoft .NET Framework platform I found >>> that there are no open implementations of opensocial container on .NET >>> (pesta/baadal isn't production quality, poorly designed and aren't >>> using .NET benefits as they just unsuccessful port of shindig java >>> implementation). So I've started my own open source project here: >>> catpic.codeplex.com. It uses all client-side (javascript) of shindig, >>> but server-side is written from scratch. Also it will be distributed >>> as nuget package (package manager for Visual Studio - see nuget.org) >>> that means it will be integrated into existing ASP.NET application. >>> This is the goal: integrating of opensocial facilities into existing >>> applications with minimal efforts. Just install nuget package, >>> implement some interfaces which are mediators between different >>> systems (e.g. repositories of people, activities) and your site is >>> opensocial container now. >>> >>> So, what have I done: >>> * simple gadget server (some features, as preload aren't implemented) >>> * social handlers: people.get, people.create, activities.get, >>> activities.create, activitystreams.get, activitystreams.create >>> * demo site (continues integration build): http://catpic.apphb.com/ >>> >>> Why am I writing here? Maybe this project can be considered as good >>> start point to develop Shindig in .NET world. >>> >>> Resources: >>> * catpic.codeplex.com - project repository >>> * http://catpic.apphb.com/social/ActivityStreams >>> >>> Tests: >>> * >>http://catpic.apphb.com/gadgets/ifr?url=http://catpic.apphb.com/content/g >>adgets/social/ActivitiesSuiteTest.xml >>> * >>http://catpic.apphb.com/gadgets/ifr?url=http://catpic.apphb.com/content/g >>adgets/social/PeopleSuiteTest.xml >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Ilya
