[Chicago] Chance to try out AppEngine (and make my life easier)

[Massimo Di Pierro]

The database is rather small and it was not such a difficult project  
using web2py (99 lines of code) so I just made it.
Turns out the use of SQL IN and LIKE operators are crucial for this  
project and they are not supported by google appengine.
You should pick another project for that purpose.

Anyway, you can try it here

     https://mdp.cti.depaul.edu/MetraSchedule

I did not try to fix the typos in the town names as they appear on  
their online schedule. It is a bit slow because I have not yet  
created the db indices.
Do you think Metra may want to buy it? You got the idea, so you get 20%.

Massimo

On Apr 8, 2008, at 4:53 PM, Cosmin Stejerean wrote:

> Well, it seems there is an ability to invite developers to collaborate
> with you on an application.
>
> I've been planning for a while to create a better interface to the
> Metra train times (metrarail.com). I'd like something with Twitter
> integration (so I can ask from SMS what the next train is) and a
> smarter ability to search (remember my stations and only show me
> upcoming train times for the current day of the week by default).
> I've started working towards this in Django but it seems like a
> perfect excuse to to start doing some AppEngine work. Let me know if
> you'd like to help with this and I can try to add you as a developer
> to the project (you'll need Git for this, I have 2 GitHub invitations
> left if anyone is interested). Also let me know if you have any other
> suggestions or ideas for the project.
>
> --
> Cosmin Stejerean
> http://blog.offbytwo.com
>
> PS.
>
> Completely unrelated but, you have the ability to restrict
> authentication to your Google Apps domain. This means it is possible
> to create (and perhaps resell) applications designed for internal use
> only and integrate it into the existing Google Mail, Docs, etc.
> http://code.google.com/appengine/articles/domains.html
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