Re: [Treebase-devel] Getting started with TreeeBase development

[Rutger V. <rut...@gm...>]

Dear Vladimir,

thanks for taking the initiative on this, welcome aboard!

> The high-priority items marked with my name in the release plan
> (google doc) are:
> - TreeBase: TB1 --> TB2 import
> - TreeBase: Password hashing [TB 2797430]
> - TreeBase: Reviewer/Referee Access [TB 2826165]
> My feeling is that the 1st of them (TB1 --> TB2 import) is the most
> pressing, but that  the other two could be easier to understand.
> Which one would make the most sense to start with?

Either Password hashing or referee access. I know that TB1->TB2 import
might seem the most pressing on the surface, but that item is actually
only about 2009 submissions, we have all the data from preceding
years. Besides, doing the last import requires some amount of
pre-processing on the part of Bill Piel.

> In any case, I'd need 1-on-1 help (Skype?) with someone who can show
> me the ropes as well as explain in some detail what needs to be done.
> Rutger?

I'd prefer we make initial contact through gmail chat. I always have a
tab with gmail open in my browser, so you can always ping me that way
(user: rutgeraldo). If you want to hear my voice we can just take it
from there, either through google voice chat or skype or ichat.

> So far, I have scanned through all the wiki pages accessible from the
> root.  My next step will be setting up a development environment as
> outlined on https://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/treebase/index.php?title=DeveloperEnvironment
>   Can someone clarify whether I will need to set up a local DB and a
> local web server for development purposes or whether I should use
> those at treebase-dev.nescent.org ?

You don't need to set up a local DB (I can give you the JDBC
connection credentials for the nescent instance off-list), but it's
probably handy if you do set up a local tomcat, either integrated in
eclipse or to launch using the publish script that we also use for
building and deploying on treebasedb-dev.nescent.org

> Do developers have application accounts, with varying privileges, for
> playing and testing?  I did auto-register for an account (vgapeyev),
> which got a "User" role.

Yes, it's handy to have one of those. You will probably want to be
able to upgrade and downgrade that account once in a while to see the
User view versus the Reviewer or Admin view.

> Is there a pre-laid DB diagram somewhere, or any other documentation
> on the DB and application design and architecture?

Not at this point. There are old ER diagrams of the schema but they
will probably be more confusing than helpful at this point, being out
of date. What you can do is install Aqua Data Studio
(http://www.aquafold.com/) and use that to create new diagrams,
explore the tables in other ways and run queries from your desktop.

Rutger

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