Presentation of the Project done in the NEAR Lab (Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University) in 2013. The project was the study and the test of Tornado Web Server and NoSQL Database Management System (Redis & MongoDB)

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Project Presentation
Quentin PETIT
Licence Professionnelle WiNS
IUT 1 Grenoble
NEAR Lab
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

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● Exchange Program
– Université Joseph Fourier
– Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
DeSIRE²

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Embry-Riddle Aeronautical
University
● Aeronautical Dimension
● NEAR Lab

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Need of the University
● Management of the pilots and planes
– Web Interface
● Real-time solution
● High speed database management system

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Scheme of the need

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The Job
● Study of different solutions
● Choice of a solution
● Study of how it works
● Installation and test of the solution

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Project Schedule

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Web Server
● Most Used Web Servers:
– Apache
– IIS
– NGINX
● Tornado Web Server
– Python web
framework
– Asynchronous
network lib

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Python
● Object-Oriented Programming
● Cross-platform
● Mainly use for script

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Python Example

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Tornado Web Server
● Created by FriendFeed
● Bought by Facebook
● Open-source
● Scalable & Non-blocking Web Server
● Web Application Framework

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Installation
● Python Package Index (PyPI)

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Basic Usage

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Real-Time Usage

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Usage with Databases

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Conclusion
● Interesting Project
● New Solutions
● A lot of Learning
● A good Experience
● Different way of Working

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Special Thanks
● Pr. Jean-Marc THIRIET, Head of the International
Program WiNS, IUT 1 Grenoble UJF
● Dr. Massood TOWHIDNEJAD, Director NEAR lab,
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
● Mr. Jayson CLIFFORD, Software Engineer NEAR lab,
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

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References
● (n.d.) Tornado 3.1 documentation. Retrieved from
http://www.tornadoweb.org/en/stable/
● Downey, A.B. (2009). Python for Software Design
● (n.d.) About NEAR Lab. Retrieved from
http://www.near.aero/
● (2013). PyPI – the Python Package Index. Retrieved
from https://pypi.python.org/pypi