GSoC Applicant: Implement WebSockets/BOSH for XMPP AJAX clients

[Florian MOGA <mo...@gmail.com>]

Hello all,

I'm a student interested in the Vysper project as part of the GSoC.
I posses strong algorithmic background, experience with Java development and
general networking knowledge.
This project seems very appealing to me and I would like to improve my
knowledge about it and the related technologies.

As I understood, Mr. Niklas Gustavsson is a possible mentor for this
project. Can you give me a point to start my study and maybe we can discuss
what my application should contain for this specific project?

Thank you,

Florian

Re: GSoC Applicant: Implement WebSockets/BOSH for XMPP AJAX clients

[Florian MOGA <mo...@gmail.com>]

Ok, great! I'll look over these documents and let you know any further
clarifications I need.

Best regards,

Florian


On Sun, Mar 21, 2010 at 10:54 PM, Niklas Gustavsson <ni...@protocol7.com>wrote:

> On Sun, Mar 21, 2010 at 7:02 PM, Florian MOGA <mo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I'm a student interested in the Vysper project as part of the GSoC.
> > I posses strong algorithmic background, experience with Java development
> and
> > general networking knowledge.
> > This project seems very appealing to me and I would like to improve my
> > knowledge about it and the related technologies.
>
> Welcome, you sound like an excellent applicant :-)
>
> > As I understood, Mr. Niklas Gustavsson is a possible mentor for this
> > project. Can you give me a point to start my study and maybe we can
> discuss
> > what my application should contain for this specific project?
>
> The idea would be to implement a module in Apache Vysper that
> implements the BOSH protocol, or look into how we could use WebSockets
> to transport XMPP. As far as I know, there doesn't yet exist a spec
> for XMPP over WebSockets, so we might have to a bit creative.
>
> I would recommend reading up on the XMPP protocol in itself first,
> second, have a look at the BOSH specs:
> http://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0124.html
> http://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0206.html
>
> The module could be implemented as running as part of the Vysper
> server or as a standalone gateway.
>
> I'll be happy to answer any further questions you might have.
>
> /niklas
>

Re: GSoC Applicant: Implement WebSockets/BOSH for XMPP AJAX clients

[Niklas Gustavsson <ni...@protocol7.com>]

On Sun, Mar 21, 2010 at 7:02 PM, Florian MOGA <mo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm a student interested in the Vysper project as part of the GSoC.
> I posses strong algorithmic background, experience with Java development and
> general networking knowledge.
> This project seems very appealing to me and I would like to improve my
> knowledge about it and the related technologies.

Welcome, you sound like an excellent applicant :-)

> As I understood, Mr. Niklas Gustavsson is a possible mentor for this
> project. Can you give me a point to start my study and maybe we can discuss
> what my application should contain for this specific project?

The idea would be to implement a module in Apache Vysper that
implements the BOSH protocol, or look into how we could use WebSockets
to transport XMPP. As far as I know, there doesn't yet exist a spec
for XMPP over WebSockets, so we might have to a bit creative.

I would recommend reading up on the XMPP protocol in itself first,
second, have a look at the BOSH specs:
http://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0124.html
http://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0206.html

The module could be implemented as running as part of the Vysper
server or as a standalone gateway.

I'll be happy to answer any further questions you might have.

/niklas