Better Google Drive Client - Project Concept & Plan
- 1. Better Google Drive Client Concept & Dev. Plan Ingu Kang Kookmin Univ. 2014. 6. 10. Tue
- 2. Table of Contents 1. Concept a. Google Drive b. Problem c. Solution 2. Development Plan a. Objectives b. Outputs i. File Manager for GDrive ii. Custom filelist API iii. Batch Processing API c. Reason Why I Chose it d. Current Progress
- 3. 1. Concept a. Google Drive A cloud workspace which offers ● Cross-device Storage & Office ● Real-time Collaboration ● … ● and File Organizing in Label Structure (like GMail, internaly)
- 4. 1. Concept b. Problem Problems: ● Too slow ● Does not have convinient way to organize & manage files in either of web & app client ● Multi-labeling is not fully supported by Android / iOS App
- 5. 1. Concept b. Solution Let’s make a “Better” Client App for Google Drive … so, how?
- 6. 2. Development Plan a. Objectives ● Building a App provides Fast & Convinient Way to Manage Files and Lables (or folders) ○ Batch Processing rather than slow “on-the-fly” ● Full support for label structure of GDrive ○ Multi-labeling ○ Searching
- 7. 2.b. Outputs i. File Manager for GDrive ● The name of base project is “Simple Explorer” ● I’ll make a GDrive client app based on this well- built open source project. ● With HTTP, JSON, SQLite libraries Project URL: http://git.io/MI30iA
- 8. 2.b. Outputs ii. Custom filelist API ● Official Google Drive API doesn’t support for retrieving filelist with “full parent list” (= label list) ● so I’ll write a custom API with Google Apps Script
- 9. 2.b. Outputs iii. Batch Processing API ● After manipulating files locally, the changes have to be placed on GDrive account. If it is processed on phone, it will be Slow, Lossy, and Unstable. ● I’ll build up an API service on GAE, written in Go.
- 10. 2. Development Plan c. Reason Why I Chose it ● Simple Explorer ○ Well designed, neat code ● Google Apps Script ○ Quata Limit of Other APIs - with offical APIs, full filelist with full parent list retrieving cannot be done because of the daily limit ● Google App Engine + Go ○ Faster speed ○ Funny new language
- 11. 2. Development Plan d. Current Progress ● Built Prototype ○ Google Apps Script ● Work-In-Progress ○ Simple Explorer ● Not Yet ○ Google App Engine + Go
- 12. Thank You