[Server-devel] Offline moodle notes in moodle.org

Ludo (Marc Alier) granludo at gmail.com
Fri Oct 17 03:13:01 EDT 2008


"This discussion should move to devel at l.o, as it refers to software
running on the laptop, not the server."

I disagree. The Gears plugin may run on the laptop, but all the code of the
application ( javscript and the php that generates it) is executed and
maintained on the server: Moodle in this case.


On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 10:08 PM, John Watlington <wad at laptop.org> wrote:

>
> This discussion should move to devel at l.o, as it refers to software
> running on the laptop, not the server.
>
> Some context for my comment:  I had told them that we were
> working with schools that were completely offline (although
> with servers).   The problem might have been a mismatch with
> their business model more than a mismatch of technologies.
>
> I'm looking for the name/address of the software architect I was
> speaking to.   But, SJ already brought up this question on devel
> back in February, and cc'ed a gears developer (attached).
>
> cheers,
> wad
>
>  From: "Samuel Klein" <sj at laptop.org>
>> Date: February 16, 2008 1:21:36 PM EST
>> To: "edward baafi" <edwardbaafi at gmail.com>, "OLPC Devel" <
>> devel at laptop.org>
>> Cc: Ben Lisbakken <lisbakke at google.com>, Luke Closs <
>> luke.closs at socialtext.com>, Marco Pesenti Gritti <mpg at redhat.com>, Dan
>> Bricklin <danb at bricklin.com>
>> Subject: Re: using the browser as an activity platform : pyxpcom / hulahop
>> / Gears
>>
>> The core use here is being able to use the browser as activity
>> platform -- letting web developers good at JS code and test on most
>> any platform, and develop something that can be a first-class activity
>> within Sugar.  One example is Dan's javascript spreadsheet, anothe ris
>> a dynamic library (see for instance
>> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Dynamic_library), another is an existing web
>> service online that one might want to run locally.
>>
>> In addition to pyxpcom, let me add Google Gears as a useful piece of
>> this platform, especially when offering local use of popular online
>> tools.  Off the top of my head, MediaWiki, MindMeister, I copy Ben
>> Lisbakken, a gears maintainer, who reports that there is a Gears patch
>> to make it work without extension support...  Ben, I'll also introduce
>> you to marcopg separately.
>>
>


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