We are hiring a developer to create only the beginning of an application. If this milestone is completed well, there will be more work immediately. The requirements are as follows:
as a user i want to install an app which creates a folder in my computer so that i can put files in it and the files will sync up with my amazon s3 account
limitations: open source (ok for commerical, changes, etc...), ruby or python, mac or windows (.app/pkg/.exe), single codebase for both windows and mac.
For completion of this project, please provide the source and the installer so I can test it out on my machine. I use a mac but I can find a windows computer somewhere. Please also include the instructions on how to connect it with my amazon s3 account (Ex: [login to view URL] and insert secret key, access, etc...)
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Update: detailed walk-through A user install the application and it creates the folder 'backup-sync' on their home directory. This will be /Users/name/backup-sync for mac osx and c:\Users\username\backup-sync for windows. Then, the user will be able to drag and drop or copy/paste a file into that folder. Once that file is in the folder, it will get uploaded to an amazon s3 account. Then, the user will open the file (ex: .txt, .key, .ppt, .doc) and edit it and then save the file. Once that's done. the file should synchronize with the file in the s3 account and update it to the latest version. The sync should happen the moment the file content changed (ex: when saved)