redisnot

Borat's favorite Python clone of redis. A key-value store ("data structures server") written mainly to explore how redis is designed and implemented. In certain places, I depart from how redis does things.

Currently supports getting and setting of strings, as well as AOF log-based persistence.

Next Steps

• Redis protocol (de)serializer
• More command coverage
• More test coverage
• RDB as a persistence strategy
• CLI client
• Benchmarks
• How can we reason about atomicity, consistency, isolation, durability?
• Cluster mode??

Getting Started

First, install any necessary Python packages. Using virtualenv is recommended to keep packages clean:

# assuming your pwd is redisnot
virtualenv env
source env/bin/activate
(env) pip install -r requirements.txt

Next, in one shell, start up the server:

# by default listening on port 6379.
# add flag --help or -h to see configurable opts
python db/server.py

Then, in a different shell, open up nc:

nc localhost 6379

Try setting and getting some things:

> set foo bar
$ 'OK'
> get foo
$ 'bar'

Tests

Currently minimal test coverage. To run tests:

nosetests -v

Server Options

TODO: enumerate server options, with examples

Commands Supported

TODO: enumerate commands supported, with examples

Abstract Data Types Supported

TODO: enumerate ADTs supported

Notes

TODO: include some notes and links to resources conferred