Starting from this post, I will try to keep track of weekly goals regarding the progress of Syn.

I will do a small recap of what has been accomplished so far to set a starting point from now on. The following goals have been accomplished:

  • The existing relevant codebase has been studied. Although this is an ongoing goal, familiarity with different components such as Soledad and Bonafide has been achieved.
  • Development environment has been set up and is fully functional. This goal included looking into Python’s virtualenv tool for managing different Python environments in the same machine.
  • The blog environment has been created using Github Pages and Jekyll as a static site building engine. The build process has been completely automated using these tools, allowing to publish blog posts such as this one without much hassle.
  • An initial version of the features of Syn has been identified, as well as identifying a subset of those features that will make up the MVP.
  • An initial architecture design has been proposed and evaluated by mentors.
  • The Twisted framework for event-driven systems has been studied. Again, this is an ongoing goal.

The goals for the following week are as follows:

  • Start implementing the Syn MVP: Implementation at this stage will be done according to the MVP feature set as well as the specified architecture.
  • Implement tests for Syn: The methodology to follow will be that of Test-driven development, or TDD for short. This means that as, technically, all of the code implemented for Syn should be backed up by the proper tests.
  • Look into Python packaging: The expected result from this goal is to be able to execute pip install syn and obtain something from Python’s package manager. This goal relies heavily on implementation being done, and as I have no prior experience with packaging, it might be one of the more difficult goals.
  • Define Syn’s API: Some work has already been done in this regard when the architecture was designed, but a final API has not been specified yet. One of the goals will be to specify a final API, at least for the MVP version of Syn.

Stay tuned for updates on these goals!

-V.