Development Tools

• Help Wanted
  If you would like to contribute to the project, read this page to find work items.
• Bug Reports
  The WTP uses Bugzilla for bug tracking. View WTP bug reports or open new bugs.
• Eclipse API Scanner
  Describe the API of a component and scan plug-ins for API violations. View WTP Usage Scan Reports
• Check Unused Properties Tool
  Scan property files for unused messages.
• Technical Proposals
  Review available technical proposals.
• CVS Repository
  WTP development is carried out in a CVS repository. Both "pserver" and "extssh" are supported. See Using Eclipse with CVS for instructions including the repository location.
• HTTP Connection Tracer Diagnostic Utility
  Use this utility to troubleshoot network connection problems in Eclipse.

Development Resources - Learn about WTP Development

• Contributing to the WTP Project
  Learn what's involved in developing and contributing enhancements or new capabilities for the WTP.
• Build Process
  The WTP continuous build process is modeled after other Eclipse project build processes. For more information, visit the associated WTP wiki page.
• WTP 1.5 Maintenance Stream Process
  This document talks about how to create and work with a maintenance stream/branch.
• Platform Quality APIs
  A presentation given by Jim des Rivières to some component teams in Raleigh, N.C., on 11/15/2004. It describes some principles and tips on producing platform quality designs and APIs. See slide 28 for a little laugh.
• Conventions and Guidelines
  Look here for the for the coding standards, naming conventions, and other guidelines we use to help ensure eclipse presents to users and developers as a unified whole rather than as a loose collection of parts.
• Architectural Overview
  A high level summary of the components and their architecture.
• Status Telecons
  Weekly development telecons to review status and discuss issues.
• Project Requirements
  A description of the project requirements, requirements group, and requirements process.
• Documents
  Committer FAQ
  Automated Testing
  Development Practices
  Developing the WTP with Eclipse
  WTP Capabilities Description
  WTP Subsystems and Features
• Contributors and Committers
  List of Eclipse Web Tools Platform Project contributors and committers.
• Components and Teams
  Look here for details about the components and associated team members, grouped by subproject.
• WTP IP Log
  Look here for the WTP intellectual property log.

Initial WTP Code Contributions

IBM and ObjectWeb provided initial code contributions to start the Web Tools Platform project. This code is has been moved into the CVS repository.

The initial code contribution from IBM is now available as the IBM Web Tools for Eclipse project hosted by alphaWorks.