TODO.md

TODO

• Experiment with storage of mqtt messages.

  • Which DB? Relational (SQL) or not (Mongo).
  • Create table(s) for mqtt message storage.

• Create application base.

  • Decide on structure between front end and back end applications.

    • Ability to debug back end in virtual environment.
    • Ability to stage front end for debug.
    • Determine how to manage python dependancies.

  • Create base front end application.

    • Simple 'Hello World' React application.

  • Create base back end application.

    • Serve front end application.
    • Connect to mqtt broker.
    • Store all mqtt message in DB.

  • Create virtual test environment.

  • Create build environment.

• Logging

  • Explore possibility of per class logging level.
    • Can each logging output have specific per module/class specifics?
  • Define config parameters for logging.
    • Classes/Modules to log.
    • Log level per module or class?
    • What loggers to output to.
  • Define configurable loggers.
    • Console.
    • Rolling file.
    • Syslog?
  • Errors and Warnings should always be logged by the console no matter the configuration.
  • Console by default should only log Errors ans Warning from all modules.

• App

  • Define db query api.
  • Implement db query api.
  • Extend db query api for either < or >

• Webapp

  • Implement db query api.
  • Implement infinite scroller that can receive live data from the top.
    • Figure out how to reliably figure out when scrolled to the top.
    • Stop updating live data when scrolling.
    • Query db for newer entries when scroll returned to the top.
    • Resume live data when scroll returned to the top.
    • Test the pause algorithm for missing messages.
    • When applyling realtime data, continue to trim the total number of messages to limit browser memory.