apresse: APRS software for Erlang and Elixir

For Kenji Rikitake's presentation at Code BEAM STO 2018

Build tools

This is a rebar3 and mix project.

How to run

rebar3 compile
mix deps.get
mix compile
iex -S mix
# then access http://127.0.0.1:8080/

Goals

• APRS-IS connection middleware/API for Erlang/Elixir

Sub-goals

• 1: communicating with APRS-IS server
• 2: APRS-IS message parsing/forming
• 3: displaying information from APRS-IS to Web browsers

Non-goals

• AX.25 raw messages will not be handled directly in this project
• Minimum versions: Erlang/OTP 20.3, Elixir 1.6.4
• No NIFs - stick to native Erlang and Elixir
• Platform agnostic, although to be tested primarily on macOS/FreeBSD

License

Source code, and the package as a whole: MIT - See LICENSE

The presentation is also licensed under: CC-BY-4.0

Why calling apresse?

Requirements of naming

• The name should contain something similar to APRS
• The name should contains something similar to erl or ex, popular prefixes/suffixes for Erlang/Elixir software
• The name must not be offensive
• The origin of the word should be easily imaginable

Other miscellaneous trivia

• This software has to be written in hurry; as in Portuguese word apressar
• The pronunciation sounds familiar: it's La Presse in Quebec without the L
• The name sounds like press, reminding the publication purpose

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