Stuarts Roadmap (Re: xAPplications - what''s avaialble... )

[Patrick Lidstone]

>
> 2) Application wrapper around xAP business logic - this will enable
me
> to provide 'standard' xAPFramework executables with a simple engine
> driven by customisable xAP logic modules (SliMP3, CID, etc etc).
GUI,
> Console or Service based applications from one xAP messaging module
> will make applications a lot easier to create and deploy in exactly
> the environment I (or some other user) have in mind. There will be
> substantial code and memory savings too.
>
> This is definitely only a design/goal in my head at the moment.

Nice

> 3) Particular focus on (at long bloody last!) a GUI for my
> xAPplications, something I feel they sorely lack. A console mode
> application is a snap to write, letting me focus on the core of it,
> but it's stunningly UNimpressive at the same time!!

This is really valuable too. I can see two approaches here: either
have a xAP Service manager on each platform, which allows
installation of software on that host using a nice GUI and ensures
hubs etc start in right order (perhaps as a service under NT) so that
the whole thing becomes painless

-OR-

more ambitious, provide a run time engine (single cd/floppy) for each
type of host and then allow installation of all software from a
single point (perhaps using tftp) via a nice GUI.

> 15) Doorbell to xAP integration...

I can give you some PIC code to do this :-)

> 16) UPS status to xAP messages.

Same here, need this badly.

System monitoring is a great area for xAP, and I'd love to see basic
stats (perhaps leveraging the LCDproc code) for my servers on the xAP
network.

Patrick