Continued Design Discussions and Wrap Up

Date: Saturday, July 19, 2008

Description

Detailed list of tasks to push ahead with OSGi adoption and assessment. Names and estimated deadlines included.

Tasks

1. build system - easy to use for plugin developers (Kei - end of Aug)
   • setup repository
   • documentation on wiki for a naive developer
   • maven site documentation
   • debugging in eclipse (other IDEs) must be easy for plugin developers (ISB - end of Aug)
   • testing of core and plugin development process by core and naive developers (Alex, Allan, Scooter, Mr.X - mid Sept)

   • test web start (see http://help.eclipse.org/help32/index.jsp?topic=/org.eclipse.platform.doc.isv/guide/java_web_start.htm)

   • develop templates/demos for plugin interoperability, dependency, extension, multiple versions coexisting, etc.
2. Cytoscape Presence (ISB + Alex, Kristina - December?)
   • collect materials: video ideas, tutorials, course material, selected publications (scivee?)
   • build, identify infrastructure for this material
   • deploy
   • discuss consistency/style guidelines
3. Cleaning up all warnings and mvn find bugs (Everyone!)
   • a lot of these are unchecked errors
   • site hackathon?
   • split up arbitrarily

4. GraphPerspective <-- new CyNetwork

   • implications for CyNodeAttributes, CyEdgeAttributes

   • work out details for selection, hide=>remove; this has implications in other places that relied on "hide"

   • this directly addresses the new "copy model" versus root graph model

   • this is not a simple find/replace

5. ViewModel

   • design should follow GraphPerspective work (~ 6 months out)

   • has implications for Presentation layer and dependencies that require decisions about the Presentation Layer
6. I/O Layer
   • TBD
   • requires feedback on current discussion and API proposals (see Saturday retreat agenda links)
7. Command
   • TBD
   • Kei and Scooter may have prior art that can implemented now

Notes