Changes between Initial Version and Version 1 of SystemDevelopmentEN

Timestamp:

May 12, 2012, 2:17:54 PM (14 years ago)

Author:

Martin Kolman

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SystemDevelopmentEN

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+= Development =
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+== modRana ==
+
+=== Structure ===
+!ModRana consists of the main modrana.py "kernel", which handles the core functionality, like loading modules, managing the persistent options dictionary, providing platform-independent paths to essential modRana files and folders. It also handles modRana startup and shutdown.
+
+Rest of the functionality is provided by "modules". All modules inherit the ranaModule base class. There are three types of modules:
+ * '''device modules''' - provide platform/device adaptation
+ * '''GUI modules''' - provide the GUI layer, are independent on the device modules
+ * '''normal modules''' - provide various functionality independently on the platform and device modules (or more specifically should not depend on any specific GUI or device module)
+
+Modules can be either file-modules (mod_foo.py) of folder-modules (mod_foo/mod_foo.py). Usually when a file-module grows to an unmaintainable size, it should be converted to a folder module and its functionality split to more files in its folder.
+ 
+==== Modules ====
+
+===== mod_location =====
+Supports various location data providers and provides location data in a consistent format.
+
+===== mod_online_services =====
+Wraps various online services for use in modRana.
+
+===== mod_messages =====
+Handles messaging between modules.
+
+===== mod_menu =====
+Menu structure representation and drawing. Currently mostyl used by the GTK GUI.
+
+===== mod_options =====
+GTK GUI options menu structure.
+
+===== mod_map_data =====
+Batch tile download handling.
+
+===== mod_ =====
+
+
+== Development notes ==
+
+ [wiki:modranaIfrastructureImprovemetsEN modRana infrastructure improvements]
+
+ [wiki:pyclutter_notes python-clutter notes]
+
+ [wiki:pygame_touchpad running PyGame on the HP Touchpad]
+
+ [wiki:voiceOutputLocalizationEN voice output localization]