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[Brandon Holtsclaw <me@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

*Yea that's what I was saying in in a longer winded way, was that: I would
provide any "Glue" needed between the vBulletin API and what
the accomplishment system needed if its not already provided.
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*Brandon Holtsclaw*
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On Sun, Apr 15, 2012 at 10:10 PM, Jono Bacon <jono@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On 14 April 2012 23:13, Brandon Holtsclaw <me@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Well I don't know about how much the current API for the forums would
> > suffice but they are written in PHP and do have a plugin system , Since
> > myself and Jono ( Yall did know he wrote a book on PHP, right
> > ?
> http://www.amazon.com/Practical-PHP-MySQL-Building-Applications/dp/0132239973
>  heheh
> > , sorry for letting your secret out , you know I love you man ! :P ) are
> > some of the few within the community that  dont cringe at the thought of
> > writing some PHP instead of python, I'm more than willing to write any
> glue
> > or modules for the forums to expose an API for accomplishments if one is
> > needed, could even be reused for other non-ubuntu Accomplishment Groups
> that
> > need a PHP API later.
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> Yeah don't read my PHP book - it is quite out of date now. :-)
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> > Of course it would need to be code reviewed and vetted by Canonical IS
> i'm
> > sure since it would be on their Data Center etc. etc. but since writing
> > solid, secure and fast ( anyone been to http://omgubuntu.co.uk lately ?
> heh
> > )  PHP code has been my $day-job for a number of years now I don't think
> > that part will be much of a hurdle.
> >
> > So yea, lets hash out what exactly would need to be exposed, whats
> exposed
> > now etc etc etc and then I'll work with Newz2000 and the Canonical IS
> Ladies
> > and Gents and see if we cant work some magic.
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> I would have thought that there was already a vBullitin API, isn't there?
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>   Jono
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