Changes between Version 18 and Version 19 of SummerOfCode2009

Timestamp:

Mar 18, 2009, 7:05:53 PM (16 years ago)

Author:

Malcolm Tredinnick

Comment:

added big warning about writing a new db backend.

SummerOfCode2009

@@ -45 +45 @@
  * A serialization refactor. Hopefully allow serializers to be declared like ModelAdmins. Make serializers more useful for API type things (field to json dict key mapping, output of a function, etc.) For some ideas: http://code.google.com/p/wadofstuff/wiki/DjangoFullSerializers
  * A schema-less DB backend (e.g., CouchDB, Google App Engine) and move/refactor all hard-coded SQL (see #10109 for instance) to backends
+    * Note from Malcolm Tredinnick: this is a '''huge''' project and unlikely to be possible during the SoC period, since it isn't about only adding a database backend, but refactoring lots of internals to make adding such a backend possible. If you are considering doing this, you will need to be familiar with the existing ORM and are recommended to start a discussion with idea on django-dev before SoC starts to see how feasible it is. Finding a small subset of this to do might be possible, but even the first refactoring/rewriting step is very large. Not for people just starting out with Django development.
  * A [http://groups.google.com/group/django-developers/browse_thread/thread/09f0353fe0682b73 Public-facing multiple database API].
  * [http://groups.google.com/group/django-developers/browse_thread/thread/9a672d5bbbe67562 Denormalized model fields] (#8946)