João Magalhães presentation on colony framework @ BarcampPT 2010

1. Colony Framework
Modularity, the easy way
João Magalhães
joamag@hive.pt
@joamag
2010

2. Modularity
Love at first sight

3. Colony Framework
The beginning
. Single problem found in 2008 data migration
. OSGi was too complex and heavy
. Started replicating OSGi functionality,
avoiding complexity and promoting pragmatism
. no dynamic language
. not fun to develop
. not like rails

4. Colony Framework
the r ebolution
this is
the logo

5. Colony Framework
Goals
. Modularity and re-­usage
. Easy to use and easy to develop just like rails
. Fun to develop
this
is true . Open
standards
. Truly open platform in every sense . Opem
sourcecode
. Com
munity driven
. Sustained development, research oriented
not guided by
customer demands

6. The research numbers
ch
months of pure resear
6 and prototyping
1 years of research
1/2
and development
300k
Lines of code and
70 person years
(someone should have
400 d
retired by now) Colony plugins develope

7. Colony Framework
Structure
. It’s a specification and not an implementation
. 2 reference implementations . Python, Javascript
. 2 different flavours . Standard and Web
. Runtime Plugin model (OSGi and MEF inspired)
. Distributed model (OSGi inspired)
. Easy Viral deployment

8. Colony Framework
How it works?
the core ent
. Dependen cy managem
ent
. Life cy cle managem
ol
. Inversion of contr
Console Plugin
. Command line processing
. Minimal set of commands
for controlling the core
. Allows command extemsions
Translation C
onsole Plugin
. Provid
es a console t
ranslation ser
. Allows trans vice
lation extensio
ns

9. Colony Framework
How it works?
the core
Console Plugin
Translation Console Plugin
Translation engine plugins

10. Small tech demo

11. Colony Framework
the big picture
Services Set
. HTTP Distribution Set
. Serialization
. SMTP
. Discovery
. XMPP
. Balancing
.Etc
Business Logic Data Set
. Data pool managing . ORM
. Load balancing . Storage
. Compression

12. Colony Framework
Distribution
.Grid of colony instances
. Federation of colony grids
. Automatic instance discovery (UPnP, bonjour)
. Transient plugins
. Viral distribution
Op timized reso urce usage

13. Colony Framework
Distribution
+
+ C++
+ C++ +
+
Optimized resource usage

14. Colony Framework
Distribution possibilities
just plug the cable
. Easy scaleout
. Simple development model
. Crowd sourcing ready
. No technology commitment explore the power
of millions
Colony is defined by
just like
standard specifications
a normal plugin
not technologies

15. Why Colony?

16. Why Colony?
Development process
less collisions,
. Parallel development less conflicts in
merges
. Natural division of work
. Easy introduction to new work
a plugin is a small codeb boundaries are defined
ase by plugin specification
300k of code VS 2k o
f code

17. Why Colony?
Open source
a plugin can use
. Open source code under GPL v3 whatever licence
. Open standards
. Community driven
we love ’em:
. OpenID
. Oauth
Community is
the boss

18. Why Colony?
Extras
it’s painless
. Easy development model
. Zero downtime for real!
. Modularity on the web something new
. Open to extension, ready for the future
. many more...
think colony!

19. Why Colony?
Why not?
Build your personalized applications
from existing components...
...from open source plugins
...from proprietary plugins
...deploying to a personal cloud
...using any technology and being
platform independent

20. Colony Applications
Scientific computing
E-­Government
Business software
Energy Management
Health Care
Web consumer products

21. Start using Colony
What can I do with Colony?
. A simple rails-­like MVC application,
that expands functionality over time
.An extension to the SMTP plugin to
Simple
provide automatic mail handling
. A distributed system to process
scientific computing
Complex
. An enterprise application driven
by modules (pay by module)
many more

22. Call to Action
Join us more geeks
like us
. People to drive colony community
. Partners to develop new plugins for colony
. Deployment of colony in scientific environments
. Hobbyist usage of colony
they can benefit from
colony distributed
remember it’s fun

23. Get Colony
getcolony.com
@colonyframework
hive.pt
@hivesolutions