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Re: [pdt-dev] Ambitious composer plans

Guys,

I need to catch up on a couple of things here, I guess:

1) A plan sounds great. This would require a greater strategy than we thought at first (see below).

2) PEX Composer + Zend Composer = PDT Composer:
I love this merge. I can only judge Zend Composer from screenshots, so I think from the UI perspective and with composer java bindings, this is were PEX composer shines, when it comes to provide APIs to other tools, there is nothing PEX composer can offer, so the zend composer APIs would be a great addition (I just assume there are some, based on what Michal said).

3) Dependencies:
There are a lot of dependencies involved, though not all of them need to be reused as there might be newer alternatives available. I'll quickly go through them for PEX composer (I summarize them as "The Challenges" in my blog post): - Composer Java Bindings: They were mainly written by me, however they depend on "json-simple", both of them needs to be made available to eclipse - that's where you guys know how to do that. Maybe it also makes sense to include the bindings into eclipse as well. - JSON-Editor: Using the new json editor for wtp is the way to go here (see my planning below) - Eclipse elements/widgets: That's what I extracted from the PDE-Editor and reused it first in the composer plugin and then extracted it into its own lib: https://github.com/gossi/eclipse-components which should be ported to e4 and then made available to eclipse - Running CLI-Tools: That's a very tricky part and I explained a lot about this in the blog post. As this is not only a task for composer but also for npm/bower/all the other cli tools you use nowadays you might run from eclipse. We should reach out and create a solid API within the WTP or DLTK? E.g. the npm/bower editor might also have a similar editor to composer someday, with install/update actions on top.

4) Planning:
(I need to make a personal note here: I am currently taking my final university exams (one more to go) and afterwards will be working for 6 months on my thesis as you can imagine I won't be of that much help during that time) Nevertheless, the code for the composer related stuff is ready to port, yet it's about the dependencies. The first step would be to sort this out and work on them first.

A) Dependencies:
1. JSON-Editor will be around for neon. We are in no time pressure or hurry, I expect the other dependencies to be ready at this time as well. 2. Eclipse components: That's to sort out were to put them, then port them to e4 and put them at their desired location (whom to talk to?) 3. Cli-Tools: Reach out for the npm/bower guys, talk with them and work on the foundation for that.
4. Manage all IP/CQ, whatever needs to be done.

Dependencies should be ready and shipped with neon.

B) Composer:
Now that everything is sorted out, the composer codebases can be merged into PDT, creating nice APIs, etc.


PS. Maybe create a wiki page with a plan and items that are todo?

gossi

Am 09.10.15 um 08:59 schrieb Michał Niewrzał:
    Maybe we should resurrect pdt.incubator ?


+1

    BTW, I also think that at least two most active commiters should be
    invited to PDT team.


Sounds good to me.

Greetings,
Michal

On Wed, Oct 7, 2015 at 5:47 PM, Dawid Pakuła <zulus@xxxxxxxxx
<mailto:zulus@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:

    Hi,

    Plan looks good. Gossi?
    Problem are not library dependencies. Composer plugin use code from
    other projects:
    1. Provide metadata for class/interface wizard, so probably should
    be moved to PDT
    2. Require E4, fortunately we decide to keep api compatibility with
    previous eclipse release only
    3. Use JSON editor from outside eclipse, JSON-WTP is still in CQ phase
    4. Is based on Robert Composer Java Bindings. This library probably
    also should be moved to PDT and released in eclipse maven repository.

    Maybe we should resurrect pdt.incubator ?

    BTW, I also think that at least two most active commiters should be
    invited to PDT team.

    --
    Dawid Pakuła
    +48 795 996 064 <tel:%2B48%20795%20996%20064>

    On 7 October 2015 at 08:12:15, Kaloyan Raev (kaloyan.r@xxxxxxxx
    <mailto:kaloyan.r@xxxxxxxx>) wrote:

    Hi,

    I think we need to build a plan and start executing it. How about
    this:

    1. Open CQs with code contributions to PDT. This may be quite a
    heavy step. As far as I understand, the PEX Composer has a lot of
    dependencies. We need to clarify what gets contributed to PDT and
    what is removed as dependency. We (Zend) can also contribute via
    CQ our Composer plugin from Zend Studio. Once we have the code of
    both PEX and Zend Composer plugins under EPL and IP-verified we
    can start thinking how to merge them in the ultimate PDT Composer
    plugin.

    2. Agree and implement a common Core API part for both PEX
    Composer and Zend Composer plugins. The goal is that we have all
    plugins depending on Composer (like the Symfony plugin from PEX
    and the Apigility plugin from Zend Studio) to use a common
    Composer Core API.

    3. Start merging the UI.

    What do you think?

    Kaloyan

    On Tue, Oct 6, 2015 at 5:37 PM, Dawid Pakuła <zulus@xxxxxxxxx
    <mailto:zulus@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:

        Hi,

        I want refresh this topic because we are in post 3.6.

         Would be good to start IP cleanup process.
        --
        Dawid Pakuła
        +48 795 996 064 <tel:%2B48%20795%20996%20064>

        On 22 September 2015 at 15:02:26, Dawid Pakuła
        (zulus@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:zulus@xxxxxxxxx>) wrote:

        HI,

        Thanks for that!

        Two comment from me for now:
        1. JSON: On JSDT gerrit pending WTP-based JSON editor [1][2]
        I hope it will be merged in Neon (together with bower support)
        2. Namespace support: I opened bug to add class loader
        metadata into build path [3]. Composer / puli or any other
        plugin can provide such information.

        [1] - https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=471820
        [2] - https://git.eclipse.org/r/#/c/51516/
        [3] - https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=472758

        --
        Dawid Pakuła
        +48 795 996 064 <tel:%2B48%20795%20996%20064>

        On 22 September 2015 at 14:50:02, Thomas Gossmann
        (eclipse@xxxxxx <mailto:eclipse@xxxxxx>) wrote:

        Hey guys,

        I write a blog post about the composer plans [1] that Robert
        and me
        discovered when we initially created the plugin and also
        talks about
        merging this into PDT. So, despite having the idea of
        merging composer
        into PDT, it is much more interessting to get the original
        idea of the
        composer plugin. Especially since it has a lot potential for
        PDT.

        I unfortunately had to cancel the GSOC project even before
        it was
        submitted. Yet next summer still may be an opportunity for this
        (depending on how fast I finish).

        Nevertheless, merging composer into PDT is a huge effort and
        there are a
        lot of challenges ahead (which I address in my post). It is
        also way
        more than just refactoring the appropriate package names. I
        assume the
        workload for one person to be 3 month (likely higher).

        This thread should be used to think about the options we
        have, what
        needs to be prepared (and how) and probably create a
        strategy merging this.

        [1] http://gos.si/blog/pdt-and-composer-a-visionary-concept

        gossi
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