CloudNotes - New project - using the Play Framework

I recently came across the Play Framework and decided to take it for a spin. Needless to say I was amazed. I've decided to use it instead of .Net/Mono on a new project I've recently started work on.

The project is called CloudNotes. The goal of the project is to create a web-based collaborative notes taking and sharing application that is accessible from all platforms. As mentioned above, it'll be built use the Play Framework. I've chosen MongoDB as the database backend for this. LessCss, CoffeeScript, and jQuery, all of which come packaged as part of Play Framework, will be used extensively.

Currently, the application features:

1. Create and share notes using a web interface
2. Notes dimension and position on screen are stored along with notes - think web based collaborative brainstorming tool
3. GoogleDocs like collaborative editing of notes, although not yet realtime.

Features, I hope to develop into the application in the coming weeks:

1. User authentication
2. Access Control List on Notes and entries
3. Realtime interface with AJAX calls (currently causes full postbacks)
4. Mobile and desktop clients
5. Items reordering
6. Checklist module

The source code is hosted on github and licensed under GPL v2.

Once complete, I'll probably host a demo on a DigitalOcean droplet.

DigitalOcean offers cloud hosting for as low as $5/month or $0.007/hr for dedicated server with:

• 512MB Memory
• 1 Core Processor
• 20GB SSD Disk
• 1TB Transfer
• Additional bandwidth transfer is only 2¢ per GB