masterpiece 0.1.8

Masterpiece framework

Masterpiece™

Try to be Nice

Welcome to Masterpiece™ - Quite a Piece of Work!

Masterpiece™ is a Python framework designed for creating modular, scalable, plugin-aware, multi-threaded, and object-oriented IoT applications.

Note: While multi-threading in Python might make some developers raise an eyebrow due to the well-known Global Interpreter Lock (GIL), I trust the Python community will continue to address these concerns.

Goals

Have fun while learning the Python ecosystem!

Please note that this is 'alpha' release. Don't try to use it for anything serious please!

Design Concepts and Features

• MQTT:: To communicate seamlessly with each other using the MQTT protocol, enabling efficient message passing in distributed environments.
• Pythonic Purity:: Designed with strict adherence to Python conventions, ensuring idiomatic, readable, and maintainable code.
• First-Time Excellence: A framework that's reliable, correct, and efficient from the start, and fun—because what’s a framework without a little joy?
• Completeness: A minimal yet robust API providing developers with total control over everything.
• Productivity: Highly modular and reusable code to achieve maximum functionality with a minimal amount of code (read: money), and productivity increaseing with the size of the project.
• Proper abstraction: to essential 3rd party packages for shielding the application code from the changes of third party frameworks.
• User Interace/Time series:: Instead of reinventing the wheel, the framework currently supports InfluxDB V3 time series database through which 3rd party software e.g. Grafana can be used for visualization and user interaction.

Project Status and Current State

Here’s what is currently available:

• Bug-Free Status: Absolutely bug-free — just kidding! There are no known bugs remaining, as far as I can tell.
• Wiki: First Wiki pages under construction Masterpiece Wiki <https://gitlab.com/juham/masterpiece/-/wikis/home>_
• Tutorial: First tutorial tutorial <docs/source/tutorial.rst>_ to help you to get started with writing masterpieces.
• Package Infrastructure: The basic Python package setup is finalized and configured with pyproject.toml.
• Classes: The existing classes have been finalized and tested in production environment.
• Example Application: The example application examples/myhome.py prints out its instance structure when run. Despite its simplicity, it demonstrates the structure of a typical scalable and fully configurable software.
• Plugin Projects: Several plugin projects, e.g. masterpiece_plugin that plugs in a "Hello World" greeting to myhome.py, demonstrating a minimal yet fully functional plugin.

Projects

Masterpiece comes in a set of Python projects:

1. Masterpiece (core framework):
   This is the core framework for building plugin-aware, multi-threaded applications. It includes a simple yet fully functional application to help you get started and serves as a plugin-aware reference application that can be scaled up to any size.

2. Masterpiece Plugin (plugin example):
   This is a basic plugin example that demonstrates how to create third-party plugins for applications built using Masterpiece. It’s as simple as saying "Hello, World!", literally.

3. Masterpiece XML Format plugin::
   Plugin that adds XML serialization format support to Masterpiece.

4. Masterpiece Yaml Format plugin::
   Another format plugin. Adds Yaml support to Masterpiece.

5. Masterpiece Influx::
   Support for InfluxDB V3 time series database.

6. Masterpiece Paho MQTT::
   Support for Paho Mosquitto MQTT.

Installing Masterpiece

Step 1: Install Masterpiece and run the example application ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

To install the core framework:

.. code-block:: bash

pip install masterpiece

Then, navigate to the example folder and run the application:

.. code-block:: bash

python examples/myhome.py

The application will print out its instance hierarchy. This is a simple example application to demonstrate the basic structure of any multi-threaded, plugin-based, scalable MasterPiece applications.

Example output:

.. code-block:: text

home
    ├─ grid
    ├─ downstairs
    │   └─ kitchen
    │       ├─ oven
    │       └─ fridge
    └─ garage
        └─ EV charger

Step 2: Install the desired Masterpiece Plugins ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

To extend the application with the say masterpiece_plugin:

.. code-block:: bash

pip install masterpiece_plugin

Run the application again:

.. code-block:: bash

python examples/myhome.py

You'll now see a new object in the instance hierarchy, along with a friendly "Hello, World!" object.

Example output:

.. code-block:: text

home
    ├─ grid
    ├─ downstairs
    │   └─ kitchen
    │       ├─ oven
    │       └─ fridge
    ├─ garage
    │   └─ EV charger
    └─ Hello World - A Plugin

Step 3: Configurating ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

The application also demonstrates the usage of startup arguments. Run the application again:

.. code-block:: text

examples/myhome.py --init --solar 10 --color red

and new 'Solar plant 10 kW' object appears in the tree.

• The --init argument tells the application to save its current configuration to a configuration files.
• The --solar argument creates an instance of a solar power plant with a specified peak power of 10 kW.
• The --color argument can be used for setting the color for the tree diagram.

The above class properties (and many more) can also be defined in the class configuration files. By default, the configuration files are created in the ~/.myhome/config folder, as determined by the application identifier and --config [anyname].

For example, --config temp will use the configuration files stored in the ~/.myhome/temp/ folder.

What's next

Congratulations! You've successfully installed Masterpiece, extended it with a plugin, and explored its configuration system. But what is all this for?

That part is up to your imagination. Here's what you can explore next:

• Write Plugins: Develop your own plugins to extend Masterpiece with domain-specific functionality. Use the masterpiece_plugin as a starting point for inspiration.

• Leverage Configurations: Take advantage of configuration files to fine-tune your application's behavior without changing the code. Experiment with the --config argument to manage multiple configurations for different scenarios.

• Design a Custom Application: Build a unique application that fits your needs by combining existing plugins, creating new objects in the instance hierarchy, and integrating external services or data sources.

• Contribute to the Community: Share your plugins or improvements with the Masterpiece community.

Masterpiece provides the building blocks. Where you go from here is entirely up to you. Happy coding!

Contributing

Please check out the Masterpiece Issue Board <https://gitlab.com/juham/masterpiece/-/boards>_ for tracking progress and tasks.

Developer Documentation

For full documentation and usage details, see the full documentation at Documentation Index <docs/build/html/index.html>_ (The docs may look rough; I’m still unraveling Sphinx's mysteries).

Special Thanks

Big thanks to the generous support of Mahi.fi for helping bring this framework to life.