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

[youjun g. <you...@ya...>]

Welcome on board Vladimir,

Rutger, I am going through the source code, and will have time working on
the debugging of the TreeBASE code. The question is, do we need to build and
re-deploy the war file to the production server every time we fix a bug?

Youjun

On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 4:44 AM, Rutger Vos <rut...@gm...> wrote:

> 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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