Plan Architecture for Donna

[Glavin001]

See https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZPISzJEnbK3d7o9YS_jmvuUUHh2tKESrMbIg89uK-yM/edit#

• Configuration system (moved to #8 )
  • [x] Configuration file
  • [x] Loaded on start
  • List of plugins to load
    • Check if Node package has already been installed / can be required: https://github.com/substack/node-resolve
    • [x] Load plugins
    • See http://stackoverflow.com/a/15957574/2578205 for how to automatically / programmatically install plugins
• Memory system (moved to #10)
• [x] Plugin system
  • Supported types:
  • Sense plugin
    • Types:
    • auditory
    • visual
    • haptic
    • olfactory
    • gustatory
  • Cortex plugin
    • Input router
    • Intent router
    • Output router
  • [x] Output plugin
    • Unit test for example output plugin
• [x] Input Router
  • [x] InputEntity
• [x] Intent Router
  • [x] IntentEntity
• [x] Output router
  • [x] OutputEntity

[Glavin001]

• DNode was recommended for Node.js to Node.js communication: https://github.com/substack/dnode

[Glavin001]

How about using Babel (ES6 to 5 transpiler) for Node.js source code? See https://babeljs.io/

[Glavin001]

Rename Cortex plugin to Brain plugin? Hubot just calls it a brain, sounds simple enough.

So in summation: Sense, Brain, Output

[Glavin001]

Since all plugins are registered in the form of:

function(donna) {
   // register plugins
}

would it make sense to omit/remove the donna argument from each of the functions? For instance, the current registration API for IntentExtractors is as follows:

            // Text to Intent extractor
            donna.registerIntentExtractor({
                name: "test",
                description: "This is a Test Intent Extractor",
                dataTypes: ["text"] // supported input data types
            }, function(donna, input, cb) {
               // Note the `donna` being passed in here!
           });

Should that donna argument even be there? Or simply use the "global" donna that is provided in the initial function(donna) { } wrapper?

[Glavin001]

Consider this the very basic, first iteration, foundation for Donna.

Further development shall proceed in separate, more modular issues.

[Glavin001]

For more Brain-related terms: http://www.human-memory.net/brain_neurons.html