Hi Juergen, Thank you very much for the promptly reply. Please find my comments inline.
On Fri, Mar 29, 2013 at 12:29 AM, Juergen Schmidt <jogischm...@gmail.com>wrote: > Hi Ishan, > > first of all welcome at Apache and thank you for interest in this proposed > GSoC project. > > > Am Donnerstag, 28. März 2013 um 18:02 schrieb Ishan Thilina: > > > Hi, > > > > I am a student from the Faculty of Engineering, Universtiy of Moratuwa, > Sri > > Lanka who is currently in my 4th year (final year) majoring in Computer > > Science and Engineering. I was a GSoC participant in 2012 for Creative > > Commons and was able to successfully complete the assigned project[1]. > > > > The projects aim was to port an existing Java LibreOffice extension to > > Python. So I have an understanding about the OpenOffice API and I've been > > exposed to extensions development using both Java and Python for > > LibreOffice. > > > > > > sounds good so far > > > > I saw the idea of creating an OpenOffice Extension Plugin for Eclipse > from > > [2]. Although I don't have prior experience on writing plugins for > Eclipse, > > I think with proper guidance I achieve the goals of this project. > > > > > > The Eclipse community is very big and there is a lot documentation > available. I am also no Eclipse expert but I will do my best to give you > the necessary guidance and advice. > Yes, I too agree to the fact that learning how to write eclipse plugins should be done my my self. What I meant by "proper guidance" is mostly the design decisions that will be involved in the plugin development process. I will start learning about eclipse plugins development as soon as possible so that I can get a clear understanding about the difficulty of the project it self and submit a strong proposal. > I mentored a similar project years ago but it is not directly comparable > with what we have for NetBeans already and license is not compatible with > the Apache license. > Anyway what I have it mind goes in the direction of the NetBeans plugin. I > recommend that you take a look on it and try it out. > Yes, I have already used the NetBeans plugin. I used for my work in GSoC 2012, So I'm familiar with its functionality. > The idea is to provide some further tooling for developers who prefer > Eclipse over NetBeans and potentially bring in more ideas ;-) > Or support the same kind of wizard for different languages, eg. Java, > Python and maybe c++. > But the initial project should focus on the first basic steps of course. > > For example setting up working extension projects in Eclipse and think in > a second step how it can convert in a plugin with wizards..., > > > > What will be your selection criteria for a GSoC student? Are there any > > other things that I need to be aware of this project? > > > > > > I wrote it the description already and it depends how many students are > interested in this project. I am open to work with interested people and in > the end it is up to them to move the project forward and to a success. So I guess the way to start working on the project is to first take a look at on how to write Eclipse plugins. But this could take some time. Also I think by looking at the NetBeans plugin, we'd be able to get a proper idea on how to *package an extension package (oxt), deploy it from Eclipse into the office and how to remote debug the extension in the office* (one of your ideas in the jira issue). Any other particular guidelines on what I should be focusing with in this period? > > > > You can access my LinkedIn profile from [3]. It'll list many of my > project > > work and achievements. > > > > > > I will take a closer look on it later... > > Kind regards > Juergen > > > > > > [1]. http://code.creativecommons.org/viewgit/cc.libreoffice.git/ > > [2]. https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/COMDEV-77 > > [3]. www.linkedin.com/pub/ishan-somasiri/25/bab/951 > > > > > > -- > > Thank you..! > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 071-6372089 > > > > Ishan's info: www.ishans.info > > මගේ සටහන්: www.siblog.ishans.info > > Ishan's way: www.blog.ishans.info > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > >
