2016-04-01 Fedora API Extensions Meeting

Meeting Goals

• Updates on progress so far

Agenda

1. LDCX report?
2. API-X patterns document from Elliot Metsger (doc, graphics, thread)
3. Updated API-X graphics from Stefano Cossu (graphic, thread)
4. Vagrant + Docker for POCs (see git repo for Aaron Birkland's experiments so far) 
   1. Status and experience so far
   2. Relationship to testing/development/demo process in general
   3. Other possible approaches

Minutes

• LDCX
  • notes/slides attached
  •  May be software out there that we can use in core
  • Most interest seemed to be in functionality around content models
    • Better Fedora 3 disseminators
• API-X patterns doc
  • Opinionated in how it mentions patterns and documents
  • Three patterns:  Filter, Direct invocation, Listener
  •  Categorizes the use cases into the patterns
  • Stefano & Ruth still reviewing it
  • Aaron wants to make POCs, complementary to document
• Diagram
  • Used for LDCX, Made some concepts clear
•  Vagrant + Docker POC    
  
  • Attempt to run a demonstration environment
  • Demo/development may not use same infra
  • Is anybody using this sort of environment in production?
    • NSIDC:  everything done using these technologies
    • Red/green testing, then do a swap into production
    • Looking at API-X through the lens of that process
  •  Ruth:  like to be able to test things as they come out, without being a developer
  • Stefano:  we should provide basic services out of the box
    • most will be for community
    • Lauguage agnostic web API
• Technologies for core
  • Java + camel? Python? Go?  Erlang? Node?
  • Elliot:  From a practical standpoint, Java, lots of experience
  • Another thing to consider - API, specification
    •  Not particularly practical at this stage
  • Create a doc for implementation
  • Core:  everthng that is essential for API-X
    • should be an event framework
    •  Elliot:  go town POC road, use that to demonstrate core
•  More people comment on Elliot's patterns doc!