Component/Keyword: DevTools/Tooling

Includes:

• App Builder
• Eclipse plugin; bug summary includes [eclipse]

Plans

• Under development
• Themes for future work

App Builder

• Browser support
• Design decisions
• Services
• Client URIs
• Editor integration
• Application Edit Framework
• Keybindings
• DataBinding
• File search (by content)
• Revised App Builder script
• Configurable launch via query parms
• UI Testing
• Common Components

Tips

• Coding guidelines
• Lotus UI
• IBM User Interface Graphics Repository
• Dojo on-line tests
• How to have Firefox 3 and Firefox 2 running at the same time

• Reduce your exposure to AJAX threats

• Firebug:
  • Official documentation
  • Firebug Internals
  • javascript.options.strict
  • FAQ
  • Tutorials on extending Firebug:
    • http://www.softwareishard.com/blog/firebug-tutorial/extending-firebug-hello-world-part-i/
    • http://www.firephp.org/Reference/Developers/ExtendingFirebug.htm

• Internet Explorer
  • Microsoft Visual Web Developer 2008 Express Edition
  • Instructions for setting up the debugger
  • Debugging JavaScript in Internet Explorer

Debug

• Eclipse as a Java debugger for Zero applications
• Debugging PHP scripts in Zero applications

Manual tests

Tools functionality is tested, as much as possible, with automated JUnit tests. Checks for functionality that cannot be tested via automated means, e.g. Eclipse UI functions, are summarized as a set of manual tests:

• App Builder manual tests
• Eclipse manual tests

Sandbox Pages

Sandbox pages are free-form pages for presenting design ideas. Please discuss these designs in the Development forum.

• Revised IDE resources
• Third-party code to consider

• AppBuilderLogicalViews2.ppt: Latest Ideas for App Builder Logical Views