[xwiki-dev] XWiki-Eclipse plug-in

[Vincent Massol]

Hi Tharindu,

Good work, the mockups are nice!

I've read the use cases too and I think it's missing the key feature:

* The ability to edit pages inside the Eclipse editor (as opposed to  
editing a page inside a browser inside Eclipse). We discussed this in  
your past emails and we agreed this was important. I think this  
should be one of the first use cases. Maybe you wish to implement it  
just a little bit after?

* Other important use cases:
- ability to save the content of a page in a local eclipse store for  
working offline
- ability to download all pages of a space or the whole wiki to that  
store
- type ctrl-S to save a modified page
- warning when trying to save a locally modified page that has also  
been modified on the server after the last sync was done

* I suggest you create a new IDEA page on http://www.xwiki.org/xwiki/ 
bin/view/Idea/ containing the use cases list and the images so that  
we can gather all contributions/ideas in one place.

* Next steps I'm proposing:
A) List all use cases you're planning to implement within the GSOC.  
We need the full list as much as possible. Please put them all on the  
wiki page I mentioned.
B) Define several milestones containing each a set of use cases.  
Please try to map each milestone against XWiki releases as much as  
possible (1.1M2, M3, M4, M5, etc). See http://jira.xwiki.org the  
planned delivery dates. It's better we all work on the same delivery  
cycles.
C) Create as many JIRA issues as you have use cases + one JIRA issue  
that is the main issue for your GSOC project. Please set the fix for  
for these jira issues against the defined milestones in B) above.  
Note: For now please create the jira issues in the XWiki project.  
I'll create a separate jira project for your GSOC project in a few  
days and I'll move the issues over. You can use a component of  
"Others" for now.

WDYT?

Let us know if you have other questions.

Thanks!
-Vincent

On Jun 9, 2007, at 2:26 PM, tharindu jayasuriya wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Here I have attached some mock GUIs and a very intuitive  
> requirements spec that illustrate the
> basic workings of XWiki-Eclipse plug-in. It's better if we can  
> finalize these drafts soon because I
> need to go on with the development :). I have few doubts on the  
> java package structure as well as
> about the icon graphics for the plug-in (i thought of re-using  
> eclipse's ones where suitable).
>
> I went through XWiki XML RPC APIs and am comfortable with thw way  
> they work (had to
> sharpen my SWT skills too). I'm looking forward to hear from you..
>
> - Tharindu
> <screen-shots.tar.bz2>
> <basic-requirements.txt>
>
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