£5 App: chrss

John Montgomery

john@littlespikeyland.com

£5 App?

• simple
• core doesn't take long to do
• cheap to run
• not amazingly original (doesn't matter)
• right motivation

the idea

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Current Version

• Mostly done over Christmas holidays
• Chess pieces created by myself
• How it works:
  • Login/Create Account
  • Make a game
  • Send someone else a URL to join
  • Subscribe to the RSS feed for the game
• http://psychicorigami.com/chrss/

#1 lilspikey vs. ian

Turbogears

• Python - batteries included
• SQLObject - easy Object Relational Mapping
• identity framework - users, groups, permissions etc.
• cherrypy - easy, but requires coercing for RESTful URLs
• modular - "easy" to switch from Kid to Cheetah

Next Version (nearly done)

• Preview/Confirmation for moves
• Browse moves
• RESTful URLs

Future Plans

• Aggregate RSS for one user (multiple games)
• User features (change password, set avatar pic etc.)
• Javascript/AJAX
• Animated playback of games
• Comment on moves
• Ratings/Social element
• Move to http://chrss.co.uk

Thanks for listening