23 May
2008
23 May
'08
10:38 a.m.
On May 23, 2008, at 10:28 AM, goldring, richard wrote:
Yes, itt's quite a steep learning curve / barrier
to get over in
order to
help develop XWiki ... I've managed to setup Maven and access the
repository
and put it into Eclipse and now I'm trying to see how to build and
debug
within Eclipse ... (using Thomas Mortagne's new tutorial - thanks
Thomas!)
and then figure out how XWiki works and how I might contribute to
it ....
Well checking out xwiki and building it is supposed to be a "walk in
the park" :)... it shouldn't take more than 15 minutes end to end.
Basically 2 steps:
1) svn check out
2) run mvn install to build xwiki
It cannot be any simpler IMO :) Getting it to work in an IDE is also
very simple provided you don't try to do fancy things like inplace
debugging. Using remote debugging makes it very simple (as described
on the building page).
Of course there are some prereqs: knowing java and some limited
understanding of svn and maven. And your IDE is you use one.
The harder part is understanding the code... That's not for the faint
of heart ;) However we're currently splitting the big xwiki core into
functional modules so that will probably help in the near future.
Now all that said if you find something being overly complex and you
think it could be improved I'd love to hear it so that we can improve
the development experience. It's crucial we make it as simple as
possible in order to attract developers.
Thanks
-Vincent
-----Original Message-----
From: users-bounces(a)xwiki.org [mailto:users-bounces@xwiki.org]On
Behalf
Of Vincent Massol
Sent: 23 May 2008 09:05
To: XWiki Users
Subject: Re: [xwiki-users] Development of a private XWiki
Hi,
On May 23, 2008, at 8:41 AM, baeumchen wrote:
Hello,
I read a lot about developing XWiki, I installed maven, a
subclient, ... and
got the repository, too. I want to ask, if I understood it right,
that I
work together with the community on developing the XWiki code. That
means,
that I'm programming something and then put it up to the repository.
After
checking my changes, they are available for other developers.
If this is right, I'd like to know, if it is possible, to work on
the code
of my private XWiki, which is installed. I tried to import the .xar
file to
eclipse, but I didn't find anything. I searched a lot for a solution
but now
I'm at a point, where I don't know how to carry on with developing.
So my question is:
I'd like to develop the code of my own XWiki, not on the repository,
is this
possible?
Sure, check the dev wiki at http://dev.xwiki.org
Thanks
-Vincent
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