[xwiki-devs] XWiki GSoC Blockly Editor

Hello all! My name is Vivek Iyer (github and Riot handle: Remorax) and I'm so grateful for being selected as part of GSoC and I'm honestly looking forward to contributing here! My project for the summer is the Google Blockly Editor and to integrate it with the current wiki and WYSIWYG editors. I plan to do this in four stages: - Firstly develop a small extension as test, so that I can build up on it. - The second stage would be actually integrating a basic Blockly editor in XWiki. - The third stage would be adding custom blocks which generate the code for functions which are most commonly used - The fourth and the last stage would be making these blocks output Velocity (or alternatively JS) code which would substitute the contents of the div which would normally contain the manually written code. Ideally, I plan on finishing stages 1 and 2 before the first evaluation, stage 3 before the second evaluation and stage 4 before the final evaluation. As mentioned in my proposal, I'll be on vacation from 10th to 20th May and won't have internet access so I'll be unable to contribute during that period, but I'll surely make up for the lost time later on and get the work done on schedule! I've also kept buffer slots in between in case I run behind schedule. I have also made a design on design.xwiki.org here: http://design.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Google-Blockly-Editor/ Do check it out and let me know your opinions! That's all from my side. I'm eager for your feedback and happy to receive any suggestions as to where I could improve my current schedule. Thanks and regards, Vivek Iyer