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== How to do it == | == How to do it == | ||
Mozilla.org has a lot of visitors, so we probably want to '''cache feed items''' for some time to a) be nice to the feed provider and b) get better performance. | |||
We probably want a '''database-based cache''' over a file-based cache, because it gives faster results. | |||
== Implementation == | == Implementation == | ||
Revision as of 21:02, 14 May 2009
What we want to do
We want a feed parser that
- pulls latest feed info from feeds.mozilla.com for front page
- pulls latest feed info from news.rdf (for now) for front page
- optionally: creates mash ups of multiple feeds on sub-pages (e.g. Our causes > Education)
How to do it
Mozilla.org has a lot of visitors, so we probably want to cache feed items for some time to a) be nice to the feed provider and b) get better performance.
We probably want a database-based cache over a file-based cache, because it gives faster results.
Implementation
There are several different options (subject to evaluation):
Write a parser from scratch
Zend Framework
- New BSD license
- very modular
- well maintained, active development
- DB abstraction layer, cache handling
PEAR
- XML_Feed_Parser
- LGPL license
- No maintainer
- XML_RSS
- PHP license
- No active development (last version from 06)
SimplePie
- BSD license
- Caching out of the box (flat file only right now, but could be overloaded with own DB-class)
- Meshing of multiple feeds out of the box
- Problems with some feeds, but workarounds exist
- Nice API