2 This is the "feisty meow® concerns" codebase top folder.
4 For information on building the source code, see the file "building.txt".
8 Feisty Meow Concerns Ltd. is a small software shop that concentrates on
9 building high quality, portable, open source projects in a variety of
10 languages (primarily bash, perl, python, C++, and Java). Here are some
11 highlights of our main products:
13 Bookmark Processing Tools - can take a mozilla bookmark file or arbitrary
14 web page and extract all the links out of it, building a csv database of
15 web links. Using that database, a variety of output formats are
16 provided, including one that outputs a mozilla bookmark file again.
17 The most useful feature is probably the marks checker that operates on
18 our csv format and that locates all unreachable links in the file and
21 CROMP protocol - supports transmission of objects across the network and
22 provides a platform independent method for RPC and other types of
25 Octopus design pattern - the underpinning of the CROMP protocol. An octopus
26 has an arbitrary number of tentacles (no, not just eight) which are each
27 responsible for consuming a different type of object (or datum).
29 Fast Templates and Portable Abstractions - the class libraries of Feisty Meow
30 provide numerous different data structures and programming language
31 abstractions (like threads and state machines). There are also some
32 fairly ancient templates (in use since late 80s) which in many cases
33 perform faster than their STL analogues.
35 CLAM System - Feisty Meow is the home site of the CLAM makefile system. The
36 CLAM system is a flexible and extensible method for building C++ and
37 C# files using makefiles.
42 Feisty Meow® Concerns codebase comprises some but probably not all of several projects that
43 have come before. These include the Twain.COM library scripts, the Yeti / YetiCode library
44 scripts, the HOOPLE 1 and HOOPLE 2 C++ Codebases, the Fred Huffhines open source LSL scripts,
45 the CLAM build system, and a variety of other efforts.
49 Directories and files of interest here...
52 Stores the script files that we use a lot. These are usually written in interpreted
53 languages, such as bash and perl. These were the core of the YetiCode scripts library.
56 Source for the basic modules of the Feisty Meow® codebase. This includes generic
57 data structures, useful utilities, and the like. This hierarchy, plus octopi and graphiq,
58 formed the major parts of hoople1 and hoople2.
61 The library of LSL scripts for osgrid and Second Life written by the avatar named Fred
62 Huffhines. Fred Huffhines is a regular contributor and a well-loved member of our
63 development team. He also happens to be a fictional sock-puppet for adventuring around
64 the grids, but a lot of code has been written in his name. We are going to release the
65 full corpus of the Huffhines work over time.
68 Octopus design pattern and CROMP protocol reference implementations. Assorted applications
72 Some files considered critical to the operations of Feisty Meow Concerns Ltd. This includes
73 the database of fortunes used by the Nechung Oracle Program.
76 Assorted documentation files for Feisty Meow and a code-scanning documentation generator
80 Some files that show how to get work done with Feisty Meow or that show how to do certain
81 tasks in different scripting / programming languages.
84 Our burgeoning Java libraries. Not much to see here yet, but there is some code piling
85 up for these that we will try to release soon.
88 Some example bundles for Java OSGi. These may eventually fill out with real material,
89 but currently they are just tracking the investigation we did into creating bundles and
93 Machinery for getting releases out the door, including the generated files such as binaries
94 and build system tools.
97 GUI tools and components, somewhat busted or just absent right now.
100 Source code specifically for web programming and building sites. Mainly a few javascript
101 files we keep around.
105 Notable Prerequisites for Using the Feisty Meow® codebase:
107 Software required to compile under Linux:
109 A few free source libraries (see "building.txt" for more information).
111 Software required to compiler under MS-windows:
112 The free Microsoft compiler should build the codebase but it is untested.
113 The full version of MS Visual Studio 2010 (version 10) is supported.
114 --but this has fallen into disrepair.
115 Gnu C++ should compile the codebase but it is also untested recently.
119 More information is available at the official site http://feistymeow.org