Project Plan For Server Tools, version Helios

Introduction

The Web Tool Platform (WTP) project provides extensible frameworks and exemplary tools to build Web and Java EE applications. This document describes the features and the API set in the Server Tools subproject for the Galileo release.

Release Deliverables

  • WTP non-SDK package
  • WTP SDK Package
  • WST non-SDK package
  • WST SDK Package
  • The Eclipse IDE for Java EE Developers package

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Release Milestones

WTP Milestones.

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Target Environments

WTP will support the platforms certified by the Eclipse Platform project. For a list of platforms supported in WTP 3.2, see Eclipse Target Operating Environments

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Internationalization

Internationalization and Localization will be supported.

  • Internationalization (I18N)

    Each project should be able to work in an international environment, including support for operating in different locales and processing/displaying international data (dates, strings, etc.).

  • Localization

    Each project should provide an environment that supports the localization of the technology (i.e. translation). This includes, but is not limited to, ensuring that strings are externalized for easy translation.

    • Where possible, projects should use an open and transparent process to create, maintain and deliver language packs translated into multiple languages in a timely manner. The primary languages to consider are: English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, French, German, Spanish.

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Compatibility with Previous Releases

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Themes and Priorities

Themes and their priorities communicate the main objectives of the project and their importance. These will be prioritized based on the community feedback. New themes could be synthesized from the requirements submitted by the community.

The sections to follow defines the plan items in the Server Tools project. The plan items are grouped under the respective themes where applicable. Each plan item corresponds to a new feature, API or some apsects of the project that needs to be improved. A plan item has an entry in the Eclipse Bugzilla system that has a detailed description of the plan item. Not all plan items represent the same amount of work; some may be quite large, others, quite small. Although some plan items are for work that is more pressing than others, the plan items appear in no particular order. See the corresponding bugzilla items for up-to-date status information on ongoing work and planned delivery milestones.

Ease of Use

Features provided by WTP should be simple to use for users with widely-varying backgrounds and skill sets.

  • WTP User Interface should be consistent and should follow the Eclipse User Experience Guidelines.
  • Usability and Accessibility reviews should be done for the most common task flows. Cheat Sheets should be provided to assist users in performing tasks
  • WTP should provide enhanced user documentation, tutorials, white papers, demonstrations.

  • Committed
    • [EaseOfUse] New server wizard flow [291120] (target milestone: 3.2)
  • Proposed
    • [EaseOfUse] Server Editor improvements [243807] (target milestone: 3.2)
    • [EaseOfUse] Server View context menu separators needs ID [277884] (target milestone: 3.2)
  • Deferred
    • No items.

Publishing

Publishing features provided should be simple to use but also provide different level of customization for users, while keeping the right level of control for adopters

  • WTP Publishing User Interface should be consistent and should follow the Eclipse User Experience Guidelines.
  • Usability and Accessibility reviews should be done for the most common task flows.

  • Committed
    • [Publishing] Allow publish *only* on build events rather than resource change events [282483] (target milestone: 3.2 M5)
  • Proposed
    • [Publishing] Provide option to disable start/stop timeouts [249964] (target milestone: 3.2)
  • Deferred
    • No items.

Other

Following are plan items that are not yet categorized into a theme.

  • Committed
    • Enhance the IServerWorkingCopy API to allow setting the timeout and publishers state [280815] (target milestone: 3.2 M4)
    • Published project modules missing the "Started" status in the Servers view [288992] (target milestone: 3.2 M5)
  • Proposed
    • Cannot add new module type support to an existing runtime type [249531] (target milestone: 3.2 M6)
    • Convert ProjectProperties to use Eclipse API [281113] (target milestone: 3.2)
    • Vendor specific icons not shown in Servers view [285186] (target milestone: 3.2)
    • ServersView2: Italics for modules that are not synchronized does not show [285770] (target milestone: 3.2)
    • Provide extensibility on the New Server Wizard [291121] (target milestone: 3.2)
  • Deferred
    • No items.

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Appendix References

  1. The general WTP plan can be found here.

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