Implement email messaging

[ferndot]

This is the first (and probably the easiest) messaging method that we should implement.

[jackd1]

we should make this a milestone.

[ferndot]

Instead of an issue that blocks a milestone?

[jackd1]

What do you mean by that? Also, what is the Silence milestone?

[jackd1]

Also, what backend are we using since this would probably be done from the backend, I don't know any way of doing this front end.

[ferndot]

A milestone is usually a version of the program, and groups issues efficiently. An issue is a bug or feature that you would like to track.

The "Silence" milestone is the first alpha/beta version (0.1). If you don't like the name "Silence", you can change it.

Email is pretty easy over php :)

[jackd1]

Ok, but we still need to know the exact backend, since our code will be entirely centered around it. Since you are suggesting php, I would guess we are using apache?

[ferndot]

Yes, Apache is pretty good. And php is a very extensible language I think.

[jackd1]

Yeah, I'm not sure if we want to use php though, I think it's a lot better for creating websites rather than web apps, but it's still possible. Amazon EC2 and Google App Engine both look good all though, of course it makes sense to launch the website on apache or something similar though.

Update: I looked into EC2 and it sounds like it's a bit more complicated than I thought, however Google App Engine sounds simpler.

[ferndot]

Can you give me a link please?

Thanks!

[jackd1]

Here's a link to Google App Engine: https://developers.google.com/appengine/

[ferndot]

Hmm, I am not allowed to use a google account :(

[jackd1]

Oh, that's too bad, it's a pretty good service, but I don't know what to do about that :(

[ferndot]

I don't want to stop the project because of it though, maybe we need a new leader...

[Schenn10]

is the leader the onlyy one who can do this

[ferndot]

No, anyone could.

[Schenn10]

i think jack should do it

[Schenn10]

so once we get this to where it will run we can start testing

[jackd1]

Ok, I can set it up, I think you can still download the sdk.

[jackd1]

If anyone has a gmail account tell me so I can add you as a developer.

[Schenn10]

i think i have one

[jackd1]

What is it?

[Schenn10]

i thought i did but i dont

[Schenn10]

unless my hotmail will work

[jackd1]

Ok, so I've set up the application, right now it's running on zentextapp.appspot.com (I haven't uploaded any applictions, so you won't see anything if you go there). You can download the sdk for Google app engine here, I think we should use python unless someone dissagrees, so download the python sdk. If you don't already have python installed, you need to download the latest 2.7.x version here. To learn how to use Google app engine, go here and explore the links on the side, specifically the python and getting started links.

[ferndot]

Great, thanks @jackd1!

[Switchblade]

@Joshua_Smith I keep getting a 500 error on the appspot page. BTW I have a working and fully functional Gmail, so if we must do anything that is not working for you, I might be able to do so. @jackd1 Could you add me as a developer?

[jackd1]

@Kickingdust sure, I'll add you what's your gmail? right now we haven't uploaded an application, so it will always respond with 500, I've been working on building an application using Mandrill to send the emails, but I've been pretty busy lately with some major tests/exams.

[Switchblade]

My email is florencecef@gmail.ccom

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@Kickingdust sure, I'll add you what's your gmail? right now we haven't uploaded an application, so it will always respond with 500, I've been working on building an application using Mandrill to send the emails.

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[Switchblade]

@JackD1 Thank you for adding me! Doing this over mobile so it will take a bit to accept it.

---Original Message--- From: "Zentext/Backbone" reply@reply.github.com Sent: 5/23/2013 2:00 pm To: "Zentext/Backbone" Backbone@noreply.github.com Cc: "Kickingdust" florencecef@gmail.com Subject: Re: [Backbone] Implement email messaging (#1)

@Kickingdust sure, I'll add you what's your gmail? right now we haven't uploaded an application, so it will always respond with 500, I've been working on building an application using Mandrill to send the emails.

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[jackd1]

Fixed with commit: 5eb706d787b867dcd0c4ac39d5b1d4e84f72f372