Re: [xwiki-devs] Project Proposal XWiki for GSoC 2011

Hi Thomas & Asiri, Thanks for pointing this out. Now I'm looking at the correct place (rendering project) Thanks, Kasun On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 5:20 PM, Asiri Rathnayake &lt;asiri.rathnayake(a)gmail.com > > > On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 12:35 PM, Asiri Rathnayake < > asiri.rathnayake(a)gmail.com> >> Hi Kasun, >> >> On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 12:22 PM, Kasun Nishshanka &lt;nishshankak(a)gmail.com&gt;wrote;wrote: >> >>> I went through the code and your UI for creating macros. I can see you >>> are using Redeox for rendering the macros and other wiki content. >>> >> >> AFAIK XWiki uses it's own rendering engine (for normal wiki content as >> well as macros) and Redeox was the old way of doing things. XWiki rendering >> engine is at the heart of XWiki and you'd have to get familiar with XDOM >> (it's sort of an abstract syntax tree). >> >> see: http://rendering.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Main/ (here you can learn >> a lot about XWiki rendering engine) >> > > PS: This is how you'd write a macro in JAVA: > http://rendering.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Main/ExtendingMacro > > As you'd guess, Wiki Macros function the same way except that Wiki Macros > take parameters from user input (taken from the wiki macro object) and > register macros on the fly with the macro manager. Look inside the > wiki-macro module code base and you'll find a WikiMacro (or something like > that) class which represent the class responsible for defining a wiki macro. > > It might sound scary initially and amount of information you have to digest > it bit large. After all, this is at the heart of XWiki :) > > But for the proposal you need to show that you have adequate knowledge > about the code base and you are capable of learning things fast. If you show > you can handle XWiki rendering code base, it might convince Thomas ;) > > Hope this helps! > > - Asiri > > >> >> I think macros come into play in the transformations phase of rendering. >> It's not that difficult once you get used to it. >> >> Have fun! >> >> - Asiri >> >> >>> >>> So I believe there are two high level goals in the project. >>> >>> 1. Design the UI to support parameter types for macros >>> 2. When the information is transferred to the engine use the typed >>> parameters to create the macro. >>> >>> Can you please point me to the place in code where these information from >>> the UI is transferred to the back end? >>> >>> Kind regards. >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 12:20 AM, Kasun Nishshanka &lt;nishshankak(a)gmail.com >>> >>> >>>> Hi Asiri, >>>> Thank you for the information. I am looking at the details now, and >>>> hoping to submit the proposal tomorrow. >>>> -Kasun >>>> >>>> On Wed, Apr 6, 2011 at 9:42 PM, Asiri Rathnayake < >>>> asiri.rathnayake(a)gmail.com>>>> >>>>> Hi Kasun, >>>>> >>>>> The dead-line for applications is closing: >>>>> http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/events/google/gsoc2011 >>>>> >>>>> May be you should contact devs on the IRC, do a quick research and put >>>>> together a proposal asap? I think Thomas (IRC Nick: tmortagne) knows a lot >>>>> about Wiki Macros implementation and probably he has more information on >>>>> typing parameters. >>>>> >>>>> Hope this helps. >>>>> >>>>> - Asiri >>>>> >>>>> On Wed, Apr 6, 2011 at 4:49 PM, Kasun Nishshanka < >>>>> nishshankak(a)gmail.com>>>>> >>>>>> Hi, >>>>>> >>>>>> I am a student of University of Moratuwa Sri Lanka, currently >>>>>> following my >>>>>> Chemical and Process Engineering degree. Although I'm not a computer >>>>>> science >>>>>> student I found it is a very interesting subject, especially Java >>>>>> programming. I have experience in developing Java programs and web >>>>>> based >>>>>> application using JSP technologies. Last year got the chance to play >>>>>> with >>>>>> the xWiki and I must say I really enjoyed working with it. So I >>>>>> thought it >>>>>> is better if I can participate in the XWiki project through the GSoC >>>>>> 2011. >>>>>> >>>>>> Recently I had my 3rd semester end exam and was unable to send an >>>>>> application earlier, since my exam is now over and having two months >>>>>> of >>>>>> vacation I'm pretty sure that I can successfully participate in a >>>>>> project >>>>>> for XWIki. >>>>>> >>>>>> I looked at the project ideas in your web site and found some of the >>>>>> ideas >>>>>> are quite interesting. I'm interested in the following two ideas. >>>>>> >>>>>> Add support for parameters types in Wiki Macros >>>>>> Structural Search and Replace >>>>>> >>>>>> I really appreciate your feed back and guidance on this matter. >>>>>> >>>>>> Kind Regards, >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> Nishshanka Kamburugamuwa. >>>>>> University of Moratuwa >>>>>> Moratuwa, Sri Lanka. >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> devs mailing list >>>>>> devs(a)xwiki.org >>>>>> http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Kasun Nishshanka. >>>> University of Moratuwa >>>> Moratuwa, Sri Lanka. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Kasun Nishshanka. >>> University of Moratuwa >>> Moratuwa, Sri Lanka. >>> >>> >>> >>> >> > -- Kasun Nishshanka. University of Moratuwa Moratuwa, Sri Lanka.