Development

General

This page lists areas of future development which are currently open for discussion. If you want to help improve AniDB, add your feedback!

Checklist for major updates

• Site (exp,*)
  • CSS (deridiot)
  • JS (fahrenheit)
  • Reports (deridiot)
  • Mylist Export (fahrenheit)
• Bots (exp)
  • Chii[AR] (deridiot/pelican)
  • Lafiel[AR] (epox)
• API/Services
  • UDP API (epox)
  • TCP API (exp)
  • Jabber Service (exp)
  • RSS/Atom (rar)
• Supported Clients
  • AOM (petriw)
  • WebAOM (epox)

Areas

Site

The web pages are under constant development. Here are some of the important stuff.

General

Markup

The markup has stabilized over the past year and is relatively consistent now. No major changes are planned. Minor changes can be requested here. Partly documented.

Page generation

Still mostly print-generation, but many of the commonly used markup structures has functions at least. The major hold-up is the table-writer which is essential before any code validity guaranties can be given. No documentation.

Data control

Still very fluffy. No spec/documentation. No agreements reached. Current content in database is (highly) inconsistent. New system for input control is under development (testing phase?), though.

String externalization

Wanted, but no concrete plans yet.

XVCL transition

Partly-mostly done?

Error handling

No concrete plans yet.

Code documentation

None atm.

Specific parts

Episode

Most importantly: fix type implementation. More...

Group

Neglected for some time, yet mostly trivial to improve. More...

Anime-group

Improve ep status, less dependant on cron job, handle joint projects, ...

Mylist

Fix scrolling, more filters, fix direct link. More...

For more discussion on future mylist enhancements, see: MyList_DEV

Search

Fuzzy search, categories, ordering

Categories

Finalize categories, map and kill genres.

New Development

CSS Themes

• Details: current styles (dev), layout, markup (dev)
• Timeframe: open-ended
• Phase: we've got some, but we could use some more :o)

Signature Server

• Details: SigServer_DEV
• Timeframe: imediate
• Phase: Requirements/Prototyping
• Language: ? (probably PHP)
• Main Contact: ?

Character DB

• Details: CharDB_DEV
• Timeframe: short term
• Phase: Requirements/Prototyping
• Language: ?
• Main Contact: worf

OST DB

• Details: OstDB_DEV
• Timeframe: long term
• Phase: Requirements
• Language: ?
• Main Contact: ?

Manga DB

• Details: MangaDB_DEV
• Timeframe: open (very long term)
• Phase: Requirements
• Language: ?
• Main Contact: ?

SubProjects

Generic Person/Company Handling

• Details: Generic_PersonCompany_DEV

Maintenance Tasks - Performance Improvements

• Details: Maintenance_DEV

Open for Improvement

UDP API

• Details: UDP_API_DEV
• Additional: UDP API Development Forum Thread
• Timeframe: IMPLEMENTED
• Phase: Maintenance/Improvement
• Language: Java
• Main Contact: epoximator

Jabber IM Server

• Details: Jabber
• Timeframe: IMPLEMENTED
• Phase: Maintenance/Improvement
• Language: Java
• Main Contact: EXP

Maintenance

IRC Bot - Chii[AR]

• Details: IRC:Chii
• Additional: Chii SDK Forum Thread
• Timeframe: IMPLEMENTED
• Phase: Maintenance
• Language: Perl
• Main Contact: pelican