Grant Proposal: Perl-Based CloudForFree.org Platform
Tue, 13-Feb-2018 by
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## Benefits to the Perl Community
Few people understand what The Cloud is, and fewer still have access.
The Perl community will benefit by having wide-spread free access to a Perl-based Cloud computing platform, which will showcase Perl as both modern and competitive against other Cloud technologies.
## Deliverables
The CloudForFree.org platform itself will be updated with new features which will automatically become available to all users.
## Project Details
The CloudForFree.org platform is a Perl-based Cloud computing software system created from scratch.
Numerous technologies are utilized in the current version of CloudForFree.org, including but not limited to:
- Perl
- Catalyst MVC
- ShinyCMS
- RPerl
- GCC C++
- Javascript
- CGI::Ajax
- Ace Editor
I have reviewed the CloudForFree.org source code and started initial planning discussions with the founder, Will Braswell.
## Inch-stones
Phase 1, LAMP Installer Script Section 51
- Review & Comprehend LAMP\_installer.sh Script
- Upgrade LAMP\_installer.sh Section 51 "PERL CLOUDFORFREE" To Function Properly
- Demonstrate Section 51 Installing CloudForFree Software In Ubuntu 16.04
- Upgrade CFF Server To RPerl v3.2
Phase 2, IDE Code Editor
- Create Linux User Account For Existing & New Users
- New Copies Of Learning RPerl Exercises
- Save All Files In Linux User Home Directories
- Button For "Save File" Function
- Save & Quit Functions For Ace Editor vi & emacs Keyboard Commands
- :w :wq ZZ etc.
- Ctrl-x Ctrl-s Ctrl-x s Ctrl-x Ctrl-w etc.
- Multiple Open Files Via Tab Widget
Phase 3, Open GitHub Issues
- Review & Comprehend All Open GitHub Issues
github.com/wbraswell/cloudforfree.org...
- Collaborate With Client Personnel To Plan Solutions For Each Open Issue
- Implement Solutions For Each Open Issue
Phase 4, Terminal Emulation
- Full xterm Terminal Emulation For Command-Line Job Execution
- Includes All VT100 & VT102 & VT220 Features
- Resize Number Of Rows & Columns By Window Resize
- Resize Font Size By User Configuration
- Backspace, Tab, Other Special Command Characters
- Arbitrary Placement Of Characters At Any Row & Column
- Color Characters & Background
- Curses & Other Menu Support
- Full Window (F10) & Full Screen (F11)
Phase 5, Graphical Output & Mouse Input
- Full X-Windows Graphics Output Using Xpra HTML5 Client
- Generate Output Using SDL From Perl & C
- Mouse Left-Click, Right-Click, Drag, Scroll
- Resize Number Of Available X & Y Pixels By Window Resize
- Full Window (F10) & Full Screen (F11)
Phase 6, GitHub Repositories Integration
- Import & Setup User's GitHub Keys Via Linux User Account (From Phase 2)
- List Of All GitHub Repos With User As Owner Or Collaborator
- Admin Mode, Display All Repos
- Allow User To Enter Any Other Readable GitHub Repo URL
ex. github.com/wbraswell/physicsperl
- Buttons For Basic User Git Commands
- clone
- add
- commit
- push
- pull
- checkout
- status
- Do Not Duplicate Any GitHub Web Functionality
Phase 7, Job Queue
- Job Scheduler & Monitor Using OAR (1st Choice), Or HTCondor Or Slurm (2nd Choices)
- Manage User's Jobs Via Linux User Account (From Phase 2)
- List Of All Current Jobs With User As Owner
- Admin Mode, Display All Jobs
- FileManager For Selecting \*.pl RPerl Programs To Run
- Buttons For Basic Job Control Commands
- start
- restart
- stop (SIGTERM)
- force stop (SIGKILL)
- pause (SIGSTOP)
- continue (SIGCONT)
- show/hide CLI (From Phase 4)
- show/hide GUI (From Phase 5)
- Display Resources: FLOPS, Cores, Memory, Storage; Total, Unused, Available To User
## Project Schedule
I can start in about a week or so.
This is a very complex job, I expect it could take 3 to 5 months to complete.
## Completeness Criteria
This grant is done when a new version of CloudForFree.org is made available with all the new features listed herein.
## Bio
I am the maintainer of Catalyst MVC and I have 77 distributions on CPAN:
[https://metacpan.org/author/JJNAPIORK](https://metacpan.org/author/JJNAPIORK)
I am a member of the Austin Perl Mongers with Will Braswell, the creator of both RPerl and CloudForFree.org.
We have worked together for several years on various Perl projects, both open source and commercial.
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Comments (2)
RPerl would never compile for me. Is it possible to remove RPerl from dependencies?
One of the primary purposes of the CloudForFree.org platform is to provide an easy way for people to use RPerl without having to install it on their own local machine.
So no, there is no logical way to remove RPerl from the dependencies, that would make CloudForFree.org into something which it is not.
If you have problems compiling RPerl, you should ask for my help or open a GitHub issue.
https://github.com/wbraswell/rperl/issues
