Development Team
Welcome to the Development Team's home on the wiki. The purpose of this page is to provide you with information regarding the team and its projects. We can be reached via e-mail at dev@darenet.org or in #dev on the network, which is probably the easiest way to get in touch with us.
Current Members
Here is a list of our current team members.
| Nickname | Project |
| BlackAngel | ircd-darenet, services-darenet |
| NiTeMaRe | ircd-darenet, services-darenet, website-darenet |
| SecretAgent | ircd-darenet, services-darenet, website-darenet, webchat-darenet |
Projects
| Project Name | Maintainer | Basis | Programming Language | Required Release |
| ircd-darenet | SecretAgent | Nefarious IRCu | C | 1.3.4b |
| services-darenet | SecretAgent | Srvx, X3 | C, Python | 1.3-sql |
| website-darenet | SecretAgent | (from scratch) | PHP | - |
| webchat-darenet | SecretAgent | qwebirc | Python |
ircd-darenet
ircd-darenet is based on nefarious ircu, from the lovely people on the evilnet development team. We decided rather than always downloading and modifying the source every time a new version of nefarious was releases, to instead fork and maintain our own branch. The amount of changes already made are quite significant (over 4000 in all!). Such changes include the addition of a spam bot detection system, anti-drone flood system, additional operator privileges and tweaks to existing ones, numerous backend enhancements, new channel/user modes and tweaks to existing ones, and much more.
services-darenet
Our services, code named services-darenet, are currently based on srvx and x3, but also include features unique to DareNET.
webchat-darenet
We have been following qwebirc's development for quite some time now, and find it to be a great alternative to sites such as mibbit. Much thanks to Chris Porter aka slug for developing this great client, and freely releasing it. DareNET currently runs a modified version of it, dubbed webchat-darenet.
website-darenet
Developing PHP sites without a preconceived plan to manage them is asking for a headache. The goal of a framework is to make the process of writing web-based applications easier. Unfortunately, the vast majority of PHP frameworks currently out there don't really provide everything DareNET's next generation web site will require; therefore, we have started working on our own, custom framework. More information can be found here.
The current site is built upon the Joomla framework, and boosts a wide variety of custom components, modules and applications. It is integrated with our IRC network, which presently allows individuals to register a NickServ (DareNET) account, which can then be used to build user profiles, post to the forums, create social groups, chat on IRC and much more.
The site is programmed in PHP and uses MySQL as its database backend.
FAQ
Where can I download your projects?
While we do plan to eventually release our projects someday, your patience is required until it happens.
What Development Environment Does DareNET Use?
ircd-darenet is developed mostly in the C programming language, while services-darenet is developed in both C and Python. The source code is targeted at most of the popular Unix platforms.
Most developers run a Unix-like operating system and use an open source tool chain with GCC, GNU Make, GDB, Autoconf, and so on. If you have contributed to open source software before, you will probably be familiar with these tools.
The complete list of required software to build ircd-darenet and services-darenet can be found in their respective installation instructions.
How Do I Get Involved With DareNET Development?
If you are interested in contributing to DareNET's various development projects (e.g. ircd-darenet, services-darenet, web development, etc) please send an e-mail to dev@darenet.org. If you are involved with other projects, please note this in your e-mail and possibly provide links to their project pages.
