[CompStrm Wiki] Re: where do i get started

[Bill la F. <laf...@ya...>]

Allan,
   
  Looks like my cc to the list didn't work. So I'm adding it to the "to" this time.
   
  Note that I generally prefer email sent to com...@li... rather than directly to me--that way everyone gets to hear the questions and answers.
   
  I'll note that I still need you to create an account on http://www.java.net and then send me (or to the list!) your account name. Then you can track the latest code changes. (It gets a bit active at times.)
   
  Pending only that, the project is yours. There are modules that need changing: Portal and PortalWrapper.
   
  Portal is located in org.agilewiki.framework, in the AwServer project (under trunk, of course). And its JDK1.5.
   
  PortalWrapper is located in org.agilewiki.client. There are two copies. :-( The copy in AwCommon is JDK1.5, while the copy in AwServlet is JDK1.4. Turns out, my ISP wanted to use TomCat under JDS1.4.
   
  Oh yes, I suggest using NetBeans. Nice IDE, includes an embeded TomCat server that is easy to get running. And once you have access to trunk (or even if you just open the latest download file), you can just do a project open on AwCommon, AwServer, AwServlet, AwSwingClient, etc.
   
  Bill

Allan Ang <all...@ya...> wrote:
  Hiya Bill,

Short intro on myself. My name is Allan Kenneth Ang, of mixed parentage (mom is Indian & dad is Chinese..both are Malaysian..I am as well). Got married last year..kid is out too. (my 1st one!)

Java/Programming Experience: Been working with Java since 2001 (so I guess that would make a newbie judging by the other people on this project:) ). Started out as a developer and made my way up managing the development team. Did project management work as well (that's what I'm doing now actually). I'm a decent programmer and am a fast learner. I guess my strengths is in communicating technical ideas to non-programmers.

SVN: Yes I do know subversion. In fact just recently migrated the source code mgt system from VSS (yuck!) to SVN for my new employers. But I'm not an SVN guru though but I can move my way around :)

My interest in the project: Looking to learn from you guys. Would definitely like to get my hands dirty with code. The string compression work looks good now & will checkout the codes today. 

my msn messenger: all...@ho...
yahoo messenger: all...@ya...

humbly yours,
allan

Bill la Forge <laf...@ya...> wrote:  Allan,

Good to hear back from you.

Source is kept under subversion at
http://agilewiki.dev.java.net 

To keep up to date on the latest changes, you will
need to join java.net and give me your user name. I'll
initially set it up to give you read access--write
access comes later, and we may want to keep the number
of developers with write access to a small number.

Are you familiar with subversion? You will find a
great windoz client at http://tortoisesvn.tigris.org/

Also, it would be great if you could introduce
yourself. What is your background? Your strengths?
Areas of interest? Anything in particular you would
like to work on in AgileWiki?

We may soon have a team page and I'd like to include
something about everyone there. (Its already included
in the latest release.) Its also a nice way for the
team to get to know each other.

Speaking of the team, the members already are quite
diverse, including a graphic artist, a research
engineer and an ontologist, programers with 30+ years
of experience, Java newbies and non-programmers.

I look forward to your active involvement and will
help you as I can and when you need it. If you're
looking for something to work on, I would suggest data
compression of the strings passed between the server
and its clients--this is really an easy project once
you're moving in the right direction, as there are
libraries available that will do the heavy lifting.
(Programming these days often is little more than
using the right library in the right place.)

Or would you prefer to dig into the internals of a
change-based database? Work on Serlets? Or Swing? Or
perhaps focus on testing? There's pleanty of work
here! Name your poison. :-)

Bill


				
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