GSoC proposal : home automation

[Marsollier Robin]

Hi everybody,

I'm preparing my proposal for GSOC and I want some feedback.

In last discussion about it, Luca Tringali proposed an integration with Plasma 
Media Center, I think it's a very good idea for long term, but for now, 
domogik is in way for its 0.10 release,  PMC is also expecting its first 
release, and my project is only ideas. 
So I think it could be preferable to devellop only bases for home automation 
with domogik in KDE for the moment, and I could do integration with PCM after 
its first release and after this summer, with all time I need to do it.

I drew some drafts of what could be the plasmoids, and I have for the moment 
two plasmoid : one for supervision of house in general, and one for 
supervision of a single room in the building. I will upload my drafts soon.

I'm also thinking for a way to set up a configuration for the home, and since 
that is not an item used every day (add a room, add shutters, lamps or heating 
...), I think it does'nt have its place in a plasmoid, so in a dedicated app? 
Probably, for my point of view.

And what type of interface should I develop for it? With an other app for 
conf, I think I couldn't use dataengine/services of Plasma ? So a kio ?

I intend to start before the official start of GSoC because I travel a few days 
in early june. It is a problem for mentors to work with me ​​before official 
start in order to give them a little break after? :D

And what do you think of this? Too ambitious, not enough?

Presently, I'm revising my C++ (the easy part) and after, I will learn Qt, but 
I must also pass my year in the same time. I would try to join you on IRC this 
week-end (pseudo : rmrsllr), if I find time.

Cheers,
Robin Marsollier