Holy moly, Jeff that sounds like an amazing project! -- Ikai Lan Developer Programs Engineer, Google App Engine plus.ikailan.com | twitter.com/ikai
On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 11:55 AM, Jeff Schnitzer <j...@infohazard.org>wrote: > On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 8:58 AM, madmax <mahendra0...@gmail.com> wrote: > > @Jeff Schnitzer : My app provide programming tests to users. Users can > > code the solutions in c or c++. I am planning to provide a feature > > where the users can compile their code and test for correctness. > > Obviously they wont be running the code. Have tried many ways to > > implement this feature. The obvious solution would be to have a Linode > > or EC2 backend and let the compilation be done there. But it would be > > more efficient to have something supported on gae. Now i kno there is > > no way to do it than source the code to EC2 or Linode. > > If all you want is a compiler frontend (parser, typechecker), you > might be able to get away with porting it to something you can run in > a GAE app. That this code is almost 100% algorithmic and you should > be able to compile it something else, either java (to run on GAE) or > javascript (to run in the browser itself). > > I would seriously consider going the javascript route and doing it all > in the browser. Compared to running DOOM in the browser (see > http://www.readwriteweb.com/hack/2011/05/doom-ported-to-javascript-and.php > ), > running a compiler frontend should be easy. Looks like they used this > tool: > > https://github.com/kripken/emscripten/wiki > > This actually looks easier (and more fun) than setting up a compile > farm somewhere, plus it would give you a slick user experience. You > could even blog about it and probably get the story picked up by > hacker news. > > Jeff > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Google App Engine" group. > To post to this group, send email to google-appengine@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > google-appengine+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine" group. To post to this group, send email to google-appengine@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to google-appengine+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en.
