Android: some questions
by Matthias Wessendorf
Howdy!
I took a quick look at the Android API. Below are a few questions:
* AeroGear.java
- Is the class 'just' a util, that offers static methods? If so,
should have a private ctor and be final (since a private default ctor
prevents inheritance anyways)
- is the API_KEY really needed? Not sure, but I think that (the
API_KEY) is _perhaps_ something on-top of a networking client lib,
needed when entering the real 'BaaS' market, where our lib. is used
against a (specific) 'backend provider'.
* Utils.java
- related to the API_key, I think the X-AeroGear-Client header needs
to be defined/discussed - but IMO the AeroGear client lib should work
also without such a key, when accessing a simple JAX-RS (read:
RestEasy) service; Of course, when 'cloud provider' start using our
bits, something like API_KEY is a must.
- the 'delete' is public; the others (e.g. post) not...
* Pipe.java
- how to update an existing item?
For instance in JS/iOS we use save which does an 'add' if there is no
_id_ or issues an 'update' if the entity already exisits (e.g. has an
_id_).
There is no concept of a 'pipeline', but I guess (at least for now) on
"Java" (aka Android) a typed list (e.g. List<Pipe> pipeline;) is good
enough, right?
But on the other hand, than it's up to the user of the api to 'manage'
all the pipes (server connections).
Cheers,
Matthias
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Things i'm planning on:
Adium(irc)
xcode
git
maven
chrome
open office
android sdk
IntelliJ(IDE)
I'm thinking of SublimeText2 as an editor. I'm interested to see what the
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something more lightweight.
What are some other things that i should be installing to get setup up
Figured this would be a good guide for new team members and users <--
stole this thought from Jay :)
Thanks,
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Howdy!
I was thinking on how to start this conversation on server contracts, so let's start with an example for a resource named "car" - all interactions are 'application/json'.
We talked on irc about how to maintain the bare minimum that would give us full agnostic server backends, and I've tried to limit as CRUDL - CRUD + List without pagination :)
C POST /cars
R GET /car/1
U PUT /car/1
D DELETE /car/1
L GET /cars
Glen commented on irc that this would introduce coupling between the client and the server - but the point is that the endpoint style can and should be configurable in several levels:
- always_plural? (/cars everywhere) [1]
- do we support batch operations? (as suggested by [1])
- logic name (/vehicles should be interpreted as "cars")
- read-only routes?
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The user is using a <insert your technology here> server? if he supports http sessions we should be able to authenticate him, and here is where our challenge lies - being "inclusive" without making our APIs lame :)
So, we need to figure out what is more common, and make this the default (or convention), while still allowing our users to choose different/weird conventions for their endpoints.
Thoughts?
(Before I forgot, Glen asked about pagination too, and I think this should be layered on top of this basics, as in this case there is no standard way to do it)
[1]: http://blog.apigee.com/detail/restful_api_design_nouns_are_good_verbs_are...
-- qmx
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Even if I hate some of the proposed styles, having consistency wins over personal preferences, and we don't have decent JS autoformatters, AFAIK.
Any objections to following this as our guideline for JS code?
[1]:https://github.com/rwldrn/idiomatic.js/
-- qmx
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Would really appreciate others' thoughts on this.
Kris
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