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Difference between revisions of "E4/Meeting Minutes/Status 20091203"
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* Bogdan Gheorghe | * Bogdan Gheorghe | ||
* Boris Bokowski | * Boris Bokowski | ||
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* Yves Yang | * Yves Yang | ||
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| − | * XWT | + | * XWT status: |
** Working on integration of XWT with workbench | ** Working on integration of XWT with workbench | ||
** Using XWT to produce form-based UIs | ** Using XWT to produce form-based UIs | ||
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** PMF project- generating UI from a business model | ** PMF project- generating UI from a business model | ||
| − | * Tom | + | * Update from Tom: |
** Presented on e4 in Vienna, and next in Hamburg | ** Presented on e4 in Vienna, and next in Hamburg | ||
| − | ** Lots of interest in the ideas and looking forward to a release | + | ** Lots of interest in the ideas and people are looking forward to a release |
| + | * Style | ||
* Trying to balance creating a distinctive style while respecting platform themes | * Trying to balance creating a distinctive style while respecting platform themes | ||
* Want to allow clients to express styling that is consistent with platform themes (some function of platform themes) | * Want to allow clients to express styling that is consistent with platform themes (some function of platform themes) | ||
* See [[E4/CSS/Visual_Design]] for details | * See [[E4/CSS/Visual_Design]] for details | ||
| + | * Animations also being investigated as a way to modernize the e4 L&F | ||
| + | * Animation support in HTML 5.0 a potential starting point for investigation | ||
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| + | * Report from Dan on initial experience | ||
| + | ** Could the examples be integrated into welcome or on a web page integrated in the IDE? | ||
| + | ** Initial attempt to install and run examples from scratch is failing - some prerequisites probably missing | ||
| + | ** Could we have some tooling that provides problem markers when required services are missing | ||
| + | |||
| + | * Working on part event story {{bug|xxx}} | ||
| + | * Tweaking of e4 workbench model | ||
| + | |||
| + | * Improvements to injection | ||
| + | ** How to evolve the 3.x extension points {{bug|xxxx}} | ||
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| + | * We now have approval to use Firebug (low level JavaScript debugger for Firefox) | ||
| + | * Working full steam on debug support for JavaScript in browsers | ||
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| + | * CSS | ||
| + | ** Refactoring CTabFolder/CTabItem to extract rendering and make it extensible via CSS | ||
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| + | * Working on 3-way merge of EMF models using EMF change recorder | ||
| + | ** This is for reconciling user changes with new model changes coming from contributed bundles | ||
| + | ** User changes layout, shuts down, installs new bundles, and restarts. Now we need to reconcile the user's model changes with the contributions from the newly installed bundles | ||
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| + | * Working on compatibility layer again | ||
| + | ** New direction: fork of 3.x workbench code, deleted all internals, reimplement old APIs on e4 workbench | ||
| + | * Open social gadgets | ||
| + | ** New contributor Lars pitching in | ||
| + | ** In contact with open social IDE people (Eclipse-based tooling for OpenSocial) | ||
Revision as of 11:46, 3 December 2009
Attendees
- Bogdan Gheorghe
- Boris Bokowski
- Dan Rubel
- Eric Moffatt
- John Arthorne
- McQ
- Oleg Besedin
- Paul Webster
- Remy Suen
- Simon Kaegi
- Susan McCourt
- Tom Schindl
- Yves Yang
Minutes
- XWT status:
- Working on integration of XWT with workbench
- Using XWT to produce form-based UIs
- Extending XWT designer tools to be able to author e4 workbench layouts
- PMF project- generating UI from a business model
- Update from Tom:
- Presented on e4 in Vienna, and next in Hamburg
- Lots of interest in the ideas and people are looking forward to a release
- Style
- Trying to balance creating a distinctive style while respecting platform themes
- Want to allow clients to express styling that is consistent with platform themes (some function of platform themes)
- See E4/CSS/Visual_Design for details
- Animations also being investigated as a way to modernize the e4 L&F
- Animation support in HTML 5.0 a potential starting point for investigation
- Report from Dan on initial experience
- Could the examples be integrated into welcome or on a web page integrated in the IDE?
- Initial attempt to install and run examples from scratch is failing - some prerequisites probably missing
- Could we have some tooling that provides problem markers when required services are missing
- Working on part event story bug xxx
- Tweaking of e4 workbench model
- Improvements to injection
- How to evolve the 3.x extension points bug xxxx
- We now have approval to use Firebug (low level JavaScript debugger for Firefox)
- Working full steam on debug support for JavaScript in browsers
- CSS
- Refactoring CTabFolder/CTabItem to extract rendering and make it extensible via CSS
- Working on 3-way merge of EMF models using EMF change recorder
- This is for reconciling user changes with new model changes coming from contributed bundles
- User changes layout, shuts down, installs new bundles, and restarts. Now we need to reconcile the user's model changes with the contributions from the newly installed bundles
- Working on compatibility layer again
- New direction: fork of 3.x workbench code, deleted all internals, reimplement old APIs on e4 workbench
- Open social gadgets
- New contributor Lars pitching in
- In contact with open social IDE people (Eclipse-based tooling for OpenSocial)