Ayende @ Rahien

Unnatural acts on source code

My secret project: Alexandria

They say a picture is worth a thousand words:

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Just to head off the obvious, this is a sample application, not a real world project.

Three brownie points to the first guy who figure out why I posted this, though.

Comments

Luke
02/01/2010 10:20 AM by
Luke

Maybe you should call this iAlexandria?

Kishork
02/01/2010 10:39 AM by
Kishork

To demonstrate CQS: Command-query separation?

Set
02/01/2010 10:40 AM by
Set

You'll write a new book? if only~~

Poul
02/01/2010 10:47 AM by
Poul

You are missing wish-list functionality in amazon

Xerxes
02/01/2010 10:51 AM by
Xerxes

you're trying out SketchFlow...?

Robert
02/01/2010 11:03 AM by
Robert

HI Xerxes, looks lot much more like "Balsamiq" :-)

Robert
02/01/2010 11:05 AM by
Robert

Recommendation engine for (technical) books, based on collective intelligence + considering the stuff you already read ..

Rinat Abdullin
02/01/2010 11:22 AM by
Rinat Abdullin

Filling in the gap in the CQS implementations, I hope.

I'd really love to see that one. WPF+NH+RQ in a Feature-based extensible architecture?

Harry M
02/01/2010 11:29 AM by
Harry M

You are moving house and have so many shelves of technical books you've decided to create your own version of netflix as it's easier than hiring trucks to move them all.

That or you're planning to get rich off the ipad.

Samnang
02/01/2010 11:45 AM by
Samnang

You are trying to build personal ebook manager :-)

Joe
02/01/2010 12:05 PM by
Joe

Is it a brand new RTFM application?

NC
02/01/2010 12:18 PM by
NC

To allow people to search books and purchase them upon finding content in the book they are looking for.

Thus growing your wealth and stroking your ego.

Lee Dumond
02/01/2010 12:23 PM by
Lee Dumond

You're building NetFlix, only for books instead of movies. BookFlix? NetBooks?

Lee Dumond
02/01/2010 12:25 PM by
Lee Dumond

I'd also point out that Alexandria was home to the world's first library. More evidence in favor of the NetFlix for Books idea.

Dmitry
02/01/2010 12:50 PM by
Dmitry

Is it a sample application that shows how to build scalable applications?

Corey
02/01/2010 12:59 PM by
Corey

To demonstrate your method of achieving a 3-tier architecture.

Dennis Doomen
02/01/2010 01:01 PM by
Dennis Doomen

Because you plan to provide an open-source reference implementation for a high-performance web site based on CQS and DDD.

Mike
02/01/2010 01:20 PM by
Mike

You're writing a new book for Manning, probably about nHibernate web apps, and you're sample app is a netflix like system for books.

Jason Meckley
02/01/2010 01:26 PM by
Jason Meckley

scenario for your next MSDN article?

Ayende Rahien
02/01/2010 01:31 PM by
Ayende Rahien

Jason,

You get all the brownie points!

Matt
02/01/2010 02:38 PM by
Matt

Oh, I thought you were announcing NHibernate for Balsamiq... In response to that critics claiming that EF had better integration with popular existing tools and a pretty designer.

smurf
02/01/2010 04:44 PM by
smurf

the title is a little bit misleading, now, it isn't secret anymore ;)

Set
02/01/2010 05:37 PM by
Set

So when will this article get published? :o

Shadi Marei
02/01/2010 05:57 PM by
Shadi Marei

This is not a secret project, its already there published on GitHub, i noticed it was there 2 days ago :)

Bunter
02/01/2010 06:18 PM by
Bunter

Don't you think MS guys will find the specialization of the application a bit... ironic?

Ayende Rahien
02/01/2010 06:24 PM by
Ayende Rahien

specialization of the application ?

Kyle
02/02/2010 02:19 PM by
Kyle

That's cool. I had a very similar idea, although it would allow you to plug-in different data providers. My idea is that libraries would hire someone (me, most likely) to produce a plug-in that allows people to interface with their systems and rate books and things, and show up in the app. It was much too large a project just for me though. :)

Ayende Rahien
02/03/2010 09:41 AM by
Ayende Rahien

No, it is a joke in Hebrew.

Brendan
02/06/2010 10:10 PM by
Brendan

Sweet, I have been waiting for this Ayende, and am eager to see how you approach it.

Thanks in advance...

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