Project State/Goals

[RogerTangos]

Hi there,

I'm taking a breather from working on openPDS. Here are a few notes on what we've been working on and a roadmap for going forward:

What we're doing (as of December 2, 2014):

• Separating database requirements, so that files don't have to import sqlite3, pymongo, and psycopg2 all at the same time. import a db_requirements file instead of each one separately. #25 Clean up unnecessary pymongo imports #27
• Related to the above: The requirements.txt file should be auto-generated by start.py import a db_requirements file instead of each one separately. #25 Clean up unnecessary pymongo imports #27
• Decoupling the project from virtualenv. Seriously - people should be able to store their virtualen environments anywhere they want. Decouple the project from Virtualenv #29
• Testing. This should exist. history visualization + a notification fix #39

These are mostly derived from @bradmontgomery's #22

Things that I would do next:

(This is obviously subject to interpretation and debate)

• make the code confirm to pep8 standards.
• I'd remove access control, and replace with a user login. Contentious, I know, but access control creates some complications, and I don't think that the project is ready for it.
  -- at the very least, access control should exist as a separate django app.
• Remove visualizations and meetup
• Create a connector to datahub

datahub notes

This is for the creation of a datahub backend, through which users would be able to directly access and edit their data.

• Create an openPDS user on DataHub.
• Automatically create accounts and openPDS repositories for new users, including passwords.
• Create openPDS repositories for each new account
• grant select, create, insert, update, delete, to openPDS
• send the user the username/password, remove it from openPDS