[GSoC] Proposal: rewrite the BioRuby web console and propose a flexible web hosting for online demo

[Raoul Bonnal]

Dear Anna, 
welcome, this could be an interesting and cross proposal if we consider:
1) SciRuby is working a "similar" idea https://github.com/SciRuby/sciruby/wiki/GSOC-2014%3A-Ruby-Notebook and some reference https://github.com/minad/iruby
2) We could have a specific web environment for biinformatics using biojs components and possible reusing tools/features developed from http://www.open-bio.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code_2014_Ideas#bionode_-_A_Node.js_JavaScript_library_for_client_and_server_side_bioinformatics
https://github.com/biojs/biojs
3) when we (bioruby) developed biogems we include the ability to have gems that are also rails engines. this would give you the benefit to create libraries that if used in a web environment can provide UI, controllers, databases etc.. http://www.biogems.info/doc/Tutorial_rdoc.html look for engines

Raoul

On Mar 17, 2014, at 8:53 PM, Anna Chapčáková <anna.chapcakova at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear all,
> 
> my name is Anna Chapčáková and I'm a student of Molecular biology and
> genetics at Masaryk University, in Brno, Czech republic. I love Open Source
> and biology and recently became very interested in ruby language. I would
> like to take part in the Google Summer of Code project which I would like
> to propose and I'm looking for a possible mentor on this mailing list.
> 
> My project would consist of rewriting the ruby on rails console for BioRuby
> to latest rails framework and investigate possible solutions for web
> hosting the console in a secure and easy manner so we can link it off the
> main project web page, for people wanting to try BioRuby quickly and
> without need of installation.
> 
> I do not have a lot of experience with ruby programming but I'm very
> interesting in learning more and I think this is a great opportunity for
> me. And very useful for the project as well, I think.
> 
> I hope you will find my proposal interesting and hopefully volunteer as my
> mentors :)
> 
> Anna
> 
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