implementing a code store in GAE

[Jonathon Broughton]

we are building a customisable dashboard/widget type interface that can include any number of 'preinstalled' widgets.

i am looking into the best logic for how to store the assorted files that go into making a gadget. most of it is straightforward, but i need to establish the best way of 'installing' future widgets and any associated backend code that may be associated with them – ideally this is not by repeated deployment

if one assumes a w3c widget spec object (or opensocial whatever) that is a package of files with a manifest that also were to include arbitrary backend code as well as the views and frontend stuff, would storing backend code in datastore and pulling it out at runtime for eval() be efficient?

jonathon

[Robert Kluin]

Hi Jonathan,
There are a few recent threads in the groups with similar questions.
You might be able to come up with something more clever, but you'll
likely wind up using eval. Keep the potential security risks in mind
-- anyone who uploads code will have full access to your datastore,
memcahce, etc....

Robert

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