[Student-projects] GSoC 2014 Project - Language filter for Diaspora

[Ershad K]

On Tue, Mar 11, 2014 at 5:46 PM, karthik senthil <
karthik.senthil94 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hey Ershad,
>
> I have checked the act-as-taggable-on gem and the Diaspora codebase to
> consider the following implementation:
>
> 1) Add the the languages tag to the post model( acts_as_taggable :language)
> 2) When post is submitted, use this
> gem(https://github.com/nashby/wtf_lang) to auto-identify the language
> and add it to the language_list.
> 3) Performing queries on the posts model can be done through the
> languages tag(filtering).
>
> An important point here is that, if the taggable gem is used, then
> there is no need for a language model or ActiveRelations.
>

You are right. How will you manage to update the settings in Diaspora? Have
you looked at it?


> Please consider the same and suggest if this approach meets all
> requirements.
>
> Thank You
> Karthik.S
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Tue, Mar 11, 2014 at 1:51 AM, Ershad K <ershad92 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Thank you, Karthik. Please write us about possibilities I mentioned in
> the
> > previous mail.
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Mar 11, 2014 at 1:36 AM, karthik senthil
> > <karthik.senthil94 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hey Ershad
> >>
> >> My GitHub profile : https://github.com/karthiksenthil
> >>
> >> I have interned with http://www.bigbhk.com/ in the winter of 2013,
> >> being a core developer of the site.
> >> Apart from this I have worked on a basic blog-site
> >> http://nitkrug.herokuapp.com/.
> >>
> >> Thanking You
> >> Karthik.S
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On Tue, Mar 11, 2014 at 1:26 AM, Ershad K <ershad92 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> > Hi Karthik,
> >> >
> >> > We could definitely add a 'Language' model and link the posts using
> >> > relationships. But I'm more keen to the idea of using tags, preferably
> >> > with
> >> > acts-as-taggable-on[1]. Thus we could tag a post with more than one
> >> > language. What do you think?
> >> >
> >> > We could either use an existing API to identify the language(s) or let
> >> > the
> >> > user mark the languages manually. Have you explored the possibilities?
> >> >
> >> > Also how do you think the user would configure the language?
> >> >
> >> > Can you please link to a few projects you worked on?
> >> >
> >> > Thanks.
> >> >
> >> > [1] https://github.com/mbleigh/acts-as-taggable-on
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > On Tue, Mar 11, 2014 at 1:00 AM, karthik senthil
> >> > <karthik.senthil94 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> Hey Ershad,
> >> >>
> >> >> I have just looked into the code of Diaspora and from the schema.rb
> >> >> figured out that the posts can be filtered by adding an additional
> >> >> field to the posts model. This additional field should preferably be
> a
> >> >> foreign key i.e. we can establish an ActiveRelation between the posts
> >> >> model and a new model called languages, as this will help in
> >> >> customising languages with ease at anytime without affecting any
> >> >> dependencies.
> >> >>
> >> >> The important part however is identifying the language of the post.
> If
> >> >> it is explicitly provided by the user(from a dropdown of languages)
> it
> >> >> will be easy to implement,but auto identifying the same requires some
> >> >> parsing algorithms or other techniques.
> >> >> I would like to know which of the 2 above methods is required or
> >> >> preferred.
> >> >>
> >> >> Also setting up development environment for Diaspora is a long
> process
> >> >> I suppose.
> >> >>
> >> >> However do keep me informed on your opinion and requirements of the
> >> >> project.
> >> >>
> >> >> Thanking You
> >> >> Karthik.S
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> On Mon, Mar 10, 2014 at 10:36 PM, Ershad K <ershad92 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >> >> > Hi Karthik,
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Project is to implement a language filter to filter the posts in
> the
> >> >> > feed
> >> >> > based on the language.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > You may find the diaspora code base in github[1]. How do you think
> we
> >> >> > should
> >> >> > go about this project? Do write to us, good luck.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > [1] https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> > On Mon, Mar 10, 2014 at 3:46 PM, karthik senthil
> >> >> > <karthik.senthil94 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> Hey
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> I'm Karthik.S pursuing B.Tech(Information Technology) from
> National
> >> >> >> Institute of Technology,Karnataka,India.
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> I am primarily a Ruby on Rails based web developer and have an
> >> >> >> experience of about 8 months in the same. I have also worked with
> a
> >> >> >> start-up in the winter of 2013 to develop a RoR based application.
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> I am avid fan of open source development and very much interested
> in
> >> >> >> contributing to the same.
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> Hence, I'm interested in working on this particular RoR based
> >> >> >> project-
> >> >> >> Language filter for diaspora.
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> I would like to have some details regarding this project and the
> >> >> >> codebase that will be used to work on, so that I can get familiar
> >> >> >> with
> >> >> >> the repository before contributing to the same.
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> Looking forward to work with SCM this summer :)
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> Thanking You
> >> >> >> Karthik.S
> >> >> >> 2nd Year,B.Tech(I.T.)
> >> >> >> NITK,Surathkal
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> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> > --
> >> >> > Regards,
> >> >> > Ershad K
> >> >> > http://ershadk.com
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > --
> >> > Regards,
> >> > Ershad K
> >> > http://ershadk.com
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Regards,
> > Ershad K
> > http://ershadk.com
>



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Regards,
Ershad K
http://ershadk.com
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