22 Apr
2009
22 Apr
'09
12:48 p.m.
Cristina Scheau wrote:
Hello everybody!
My name is Cristina Scheau (cristinaS from IRC). I will work on "XWiki
Integration with OpenOffice", mentored by Sergiu Dumitriu.
Initially, the main mentors were supposed to be Asiri and Florin, but
Asiri decided that he is a bit too new to XWiki development to be a
primary mentor, and Florin will be involved mainly with the other Office
project, and being primary mentor for two projects is a bit too
demanding. This left me in charge of this project, although I don't have
experience with either the OOo or the XOffice codebase. On the technical
part, you will have to learn on your own, ask on the OOo forums/mailing
lists, talk with Asiri and Florin. I will be more of a product manager
and overall development mentor. The secondary mentors will be Florin and
Asiri.
My actual
design page is :
<http://dev.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Design/XWikiIntegrationWithOpenOffice>
http://dev.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Design/XWikiIntegrationWithOpenOffice
It will be improved. If someone has suggestions about it, please let me
know.
The project will be an Open Office extension. In a nutshell, my action
plan is:
1. Doing some research about the OpenOffice SDK API
2. Discussing with the community about the software archtecture
3. Developing a GUI for XOO extension
4. Implementing a wizard for connecting to a XWiki server and a xwiki
navigational panel
5. Implementing the core classes that will be used in the future
development
6. Implementing the functionalities: edit existing XWiki pages and add
new XWiki pages from OpenOffice
7. Implementing the functionalities: download and upload attachments
8. Implementing : editing attachments supported by Open Office
9. Refining the GUI and adding new small functionalities
10. Improving the project using the feedback from the users.
Thank you very much for accepting me!
This project is a bit more demanding than the others, since it involves
writing a complete product with a technology we're not familiar with. I
hope you are prepared to offer 110% to make it successful, and keeping
in touch with the mentors and the community is really important to
guarantee that no time is wasted on deadends.
--
Sergiu Dumitriu
http://purl.org/net/sergiu/