Tickery is an open source app for exploring Twitter friends that is written entirely in Python. It stores its data in FluidDB, a social database where any user can add additional information to data objects without permission. FluidDB allows for distributed authoring of information and Tickery demonstrates how social data can be stored and accessed through this system.

1. Tickery, Pyjamas & FluidDB
Terry Jones
terry@fluidinfo.com
@terrycojones

2. Pyjamas
• Python to Javascript translator
• Write modern web apps 100% in Python
• Very active & responsive community
• Thanks Luke (and team)!

3. Tickery
• A fun app for exploring Twitter friends
• Open source (as of today)
• Written entirely in Python
• Let’s have a look...

4. Tickery
• Also has an admin interface
• Has a simple convenience API

5. Tickery architecture
Python (Twisted), nginx
HTTP
JSON RPC
HTTP
FluidDB
Javascript from Python (Pyjamas) Python (Twisted),
RabbitMQ, PostgreSQL

6. FluidDB
• A database that makes data social
• Tickery stores its data into FluidDB
• So can you
• Why is this so very different?

7. Tickery data
• On FluidDB objects
• Tags friends
• Number of followers, tweets, etc

8. A FluidDB object
Created by Tickery
twitter.com/users/id 42983
twitter.com/users/screenname terrycojones

9. A FluidDB object
Created by Tickery
twitter.com/users/id 42983
twitter.com/users/screenname terrycojones
twitter.com/users/statuses_count 4067
twitter.com/users/friends_count 325
twitter.com/users/followers_count 2033

10. A FluidDB object
Created by Tickery
twitter.com/users/id 42983
twitter.com/users/screenname terrycojones
twitter.com/users/statuses_count 4067
twitter.com/users/friends_count 325
twitter.com/users/followers_count 2033
twitter.com/friends/esteve
twitter.com/friends/fergusstothart

11. A FluidDB object
Created by Tickery
twitter.com/users/id 42983
twitter.com/users/screenname terrycojones
twitter.com/users/statuses_count 4067
twitter.com/users/friends_count 325
twitter.com/users/followers_count 2033
twitter.com/friends/esteve
twitter.com/friends/fergusstothart
fluiddb/about twitter.com:uid:42983

12. You can play too!
• Anyone can add to the FluidDB objects
that Tickery uses
• No need to ask permission
• No need to be anticipated
• E.g., tunkrank, wemet.at

13. A FluidDB object
Created by Tickery
twitter.com/users/id 42983
twitter.com/users/screenname terrycojones
twitter.com/users/statuses_count 4067
twitter.com/users/friends_count 325
twitter.com/users/followers_count 2033
twitter.com/friends/esteve
twitter.com/friends/fergusstothart
fluiddb/about twitter.com:uid:42983
esteve/met

14. A FluidDB object
Created by Tickery
twitter.com/users/id 42983
twitter.com/users/screenname terrycojones
twitter.com/users/statuses_count 4067
twitter.com/users/friends_count 325
twitter.com/users/followers_count 2033
twitter.com/friends/esteve
twitter.com/friends/fergusstothart
fluiddb/about twitter.com:uid:42983
esteve/met
tunkrank.com/score

15. Info on Tickery & FluidDB
• Meet Tickery http://bit.ly/5skkDv
• Tickery for programmers http://bit.ly/5d3bM8
• See also http://blogs.fluidinfo.com/fluidDB