| #summary An introduction to Melange |
| #labels Contents-Draft,Featured,Phase-Guidelines |
| |
| = Melange, the Spice of Creation = |
| |
| == What is Melange? == |
| |
| Melange is the combination of a [SoCOverview framework] and multiple web |
| applications (including [GSoC GSoC] and [GHOP GHOP]) implemented to be |
| [AppEngine deployed on Google App Engine]. |
| |
| === Replacing the GSoC web application === |
| |
| Originally, Melange was envisioned is an effort to produce an |
| open-source implementation of the [GSoC Google Summer of Code]^TM^ web |
| application. At first, the GSoC web application appears to be part |
| [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Content_management_system content management system], |
| part |
| [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ticketing_system issue tracking system], |
| and part |
| [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Customer_relationship_management customer relationship manager]. |
| |
| But, while the GSoC web application shares some features in common with |
| those systems, it is quite different in its purpose. The purpose of GSoC |
| (which is facilitiated by the web application) is to serve as a catalyst |
| for introducing college students to open source and free software |
| communities, in the hopes that these students would find a homes in those |
| communities and thrive. To that end, the GSoC web application tends to |
| be more specific and less general than existing systems like those |
| mentioned previously. |
| |
| As much as GSoC attempts to inspire new open source developers, it has not |
| previously been able to actually embrace them in the development of the |
| GSoC web application itself. Initially, with the launch of the enabling |
| [http://code.google.com/appengine/ Google App Engine], the plan was to create |
| an open-sourced GSoC web application. It would have to be created from |
| scratch, because the existing code is (unfortunately) wired directly to |
| Google infrastructure interfaces, which are old enough to be quite |
| unlike AppEngine. |
| |
| === Contributing === |
| |
| Please see the [ContributionTerms guidelines for contributors] if you are |
| interested in contributing to the design and development of Melange and |
| the [SoCOverview SoC framework]. |
| |
| === Concept Diagram === |
| |
| [http://soc.googlecode.com/svn/wiki/images/MelangeOverview.dot http://soc.googlecode.com/svn/wiki/images/MelangeOverview.dot.png] |
| |
| == Legend == |
| |
| || *-------* || direct dependency (inheritance, method call, etc.) || |
| || *- - - -* || indirect dependency (call-back, etc.) || |
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| _Copyright 2008 Google Inc._ |
| _This work is licensed under a_ |
| [http://soc.googlecode.com/svn/wiki/html/licenses/cc-by-attribution-2_5.html Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 License]. |
| [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ http://soc.googlecode.com/svn/wiki/html/licenses/cc-by-2_5-88x31.png] |
