[Development] Request for a new playground project

[Rutledge Shawn]

And then “backend” is awfully vague, could be anything other than application UI.  (QPA is a kind of backend, so is ODBC.)  Yes it’s a buzzword, but will it sound too dated or even more vague in 10 years?

> On 15 Feb 2016, at 07:30, Petroules Jake <Jake.Petroules at theqtcompany.com> wrote:
> 
> Drop the "mobile". Qt is a cross platform project and there does not seem to be any technical reason to restrict this to mobile platforms. So, just "Backend as a Service".
> 
>> On Feb 14, 2016, at 3:54 AM, Guillaume Charbonnier <gcharbonnier at simplisim.net> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi all !
>> 
>> Following my last message regarding Qt new module for "Mobile Backend as a Service », what is the procedure to follow for creating a Qt playground project ?
>> My project is in a very early phase, it can only support REST api of Firebase for now but I felt it could help to mutualize our effort if we could have a published playground project.
>> 
>> Best regards.
>> Guillaume
>> 
>>> Le 12 févr. 2016 à 14:54, Guillaume Charbonnier <gcharbonnier at simplisim.net> a écrit :
>>> 
>>> Hi all,
>>> 
>>> Following engin.io services ramping down notification, Qt mobile developers (like me) are lacking a MBaaS (mobile backend as a service) that would play nicely with Qt. 
>>> I think this lack could be quite a big impedance for the promotion of Qt for mobile development as most mobile applications use the basic features a MBaaS offer...
>>> 
>>> I would like to start a playground project (with the help of everyone interested in that topic) to offer a set of Qt classes and QML elements to manage the following services :
>>> • authentification and authorization (with social login)
>>> • datastore (nosql)
>>> • push notifications
>>> • statistics
>>> 
>>> I think it would be great to design this new module to be backend agnostic. Thus supporting several backend providers such as :
>>> - google Firebase
>>> - BaasBox
>>> - IBM Cloudant
>>> - Apigee
>>> 
>>> I have never participate in Qt project so I am an absolute beginner in this field. 
>>> I have read the development topics in the wiki despite some of them state to be outdated - any advice and recommandation will be greatly appreciated.
>>> Here is a link to the corresponding forum topic : https://forum.qt.io/topic/63777/looking-for-engin-io-replacement-joining-our-effort-initiative
>>> 
>>> To conclude, I think it would be helpful to create a playground project for this project, hence my request :
>>> Description : Qt Mobile Backed as a Service
>>> Playground project name : MBaaS
>>> 
>>> Best regards.
>>> Guillaume
>> 
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