Presentation by Terry Jones at EuroPython 2010 in Birmingham.

1. Tickery, Pyjamas & FluidDB
Terry Jones
terry@fluidinfo.com
@terrycojones

2. Pyjamas
• Python to Javascript translator
• Write modern web apps 100% in Python
• Very active & responsive community
• Thanks Luke (and team)!

3. Tickery
• A fun app for exploring Twitter friends
• Open source (as of today)
• Written entirely in Python
• Let’s have a look...

4. Tickery
• Also has an admin interface
• Has a simple convenience API

5. Tickery architecture
Python (Twisted), nginx
HTTP
JSON RPC
HTTP
FluidDB
Javascript from Python (Pyjamas) Python (Twisted),
RabbitMQ, PostgreSQL

6. FluidDB
• A database that makes data social
• Tickery stores its data into FluidDB
• So can you
• Why is this so very different?

7. Tickery data
• On FluidDB objects
• Tags friends
• Number of followers, tweets, etc

8. A FluidDB object
Created by Tickery
twitter.com/users/id 42983
twitter.com/users/screenname terrycojones

9. A FluidDB object
Created by Tickery
twitter.com/users/id 42983
twitter.com/users/screenname terrycojones
twitter.com/users/statuses_count 4067
twitter.com/users/friends_count 325
twitter.com/users/followers_count 2033

10. A FluidDB object
Created by Tickery
twitter.com/users/id 42983
twitter.com/users/screenname terrycojones
twitter.com/users/statuses_count 4067
twitter.com/users/friends_count 325
twitter.com/users/followers_count 2033
twitter.com/friends/esteve
twitter.com/friends/fergusstothart

11. A FluidDB object
Created by Tickery
twitter.com/users/id 42983
twitter.com/users/screenname terrycojones
twitter.com/users/statuses_count 4067
twitter.com/users/friends_count 325
twitter.com/users/followers_count 2033
twitter.com/friends/esteve
twitter.com/friends/fergusstothart
fluiddb/about twitter.com:uid:42983

12. You can play too!
• Anyone can add to the FluidDB objects
that Tickery uses
• No need to ask permission
• No need to be anticipated
• E.g., tunkrank, wemet.at

13. A FluidDB object
Created by Tickery
twitter.com/users/id 42983
twitter.com/users/screenname terrycojones
twitter.com/users/statuses_count 4067
twitter.com/users/friends_count 325
twitter.com/users/followers_count 2033
twitter.com/friends/esteve
twitter.com/friends/fergusstothart
fluiddb/about twitter.com:uid:42983
esteve/met

14. A FluidDB object
Created by Tickery
twitter.com/users/id 42983
twitter.com/users/screenname terrycojones
twitter.com/users/statuses_count 4067
twitter.com/users/friends_count 325
twitter.com/users/followers_count 2033
twitter.com/friends/esteve
twitter.com/friends/fergusstothart
fluiddb/about twitter.com:uid:42983
esteve/met
tunkrank.com/score

15. Info on Tickery & FluidDB
• Meet Tickery http://bit.ly/5skkDv
• Tickery for programmers http://bit.ly/5d3bM8
• See also http://blogs.fluidinfo.com/fluidDB