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Re: [paho-dev] Java MQTT Client GUI Utility & mqtt-spy
Ian,

What Andy and Mike are suggesting regarding the marketplace goes a step further than having a Paho entry on the Marketplace (which is a great thing already, don’t get me wrong!). 
The idea would be to have an entry dedicated to the MQTT UI plugin, where in addition to the description etc of the project, you would also indicate the URL of the p2 repository and feature ID of the tool. That way, people could install the tool directly by drag and dropping from the web browser to Eclipse (see e.g. [1] and the « Install » button on the lhs), or could search for « paho » or « mqtt » in the Marketplace right from their Eclipse IDE (entry in the Help menu).

HTH!
Benjamin



Le 10 sept. 2014 à 16:55, Ian Craggs <icraggs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> a écrit :

Andy,

I added Paho as a whole to the Eclipse Marketplace in June

http://marketplace.eclipse.org/search/site/paho

Ian


On 09/10/2014 12:21 PM, Andy Piper wrote:
OK so let's be clear on the two parts to this thread!

1. Our existing Java GUIs. 

I had planned to do a screencast showing how to install the Eclipse plugin at the time of 1.0 release but didn't get it done. We need to promote it more; we might need help on getting it into the Marketplace as I don't think the committers have previously been through that process. 

We also have the client tool which is standalone / non-RCP / doesn't need Eclipse. Also not well promoted / known, lots of people still use IA92 which is essentially the same thing but built on much much older client code.

2. mqtt-spy

I love it, I think it's perfectly valid to include as an alternative, and we'd welcome (I think) the contribution. Thanks Kamil! Any questions for us as a team?

Andy

On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 11:39 AM, Ian Craggs <icraggs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
There's also a simple and incomplete port of the IBM Java GUI at: https://www.eclipse.org/downloads/download.php?file=/paho/1.0/org.eclipse.paho.mqtt.utility-1.0.0.jar

I started that a while back to get a simple GUI going.   I still think that this approach is valuable in addition to the RCP GUI because:

1) it is 200k rather than 22MB, so is good for quick downloads and small platforms
2) it can run anywhere Java can - is not limited to Linux, Mac and Windows.

Kamil,

I see that mqtt-spy uses JavaFX, and uses Java 8.   The interface approach also looks nice.  It seems to me that all of these utilities could be complementary, and have a useful place in Paho, because of their different system requirements and GUI styles.  People always have different preferences for GUIs.  So personalIy I would still encourage you to consider contributing mqtt-spy to Paho.

Ian


On 09/10/2014 03:54 AM, Bin BJ Zhang wrote:

In fact, Paho already got a client UI tool available for a long time which can be run as a eclipse plugin or standalone application (based on Eclipse Rich Client Platform).
But, it seems nobody has tried.  A screenshot here: http://pho.to/6ySi2

https://repo.eclipse.org/content/repositories/paho-releases/org/eclipse/paho/org.eclipse.paho.ui.app/1.0.0/

org.eclipse.paho.ui.app-1.0.0-linux.gtk.x86.tar.gz
org.eclipse.paho.ui.app-1.0.0-linux.gtk.x86_64.tar.gz
org.eclipse.paho.ui.app-1.0.0-macosx.cocoa.x86_64.tar.gz
org.eclipse.paho.ui.app-1.0.0-win32.win32.x86.zip
org.eclipse.paho.ui.app-1.0.0-win32.win32.x86_64.zip

Best Regards,
Bin Zhang
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<Pièce jointe.gif>Kamil Baczkowicz ---09/09/2014 11:28:03 PM---Hi all, Following a quick chat with Andy P, he suggested posting a message

From: Kamil Baczkowicz <kamil.baczkowicz@xxxxxxxxx>
To: paho-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx
Date: 09/09/2014 11:28 PM
Subject: [paho-dev] Java MQTT Client GUI Utility & mqtt-spy
Sent by: paho-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx




Hi all,

Following a quick chat with Andy P, he suggested posting a message
here to discuss, again;-), the idea of a Java MQTT Client GUI utility
(for Paho).

Over the last couple of weeks and months I've been working on
mqtt-spy. It's still far from perfect, so any feedback or help is very
much appreciated.

From start, my intention was to make the code open and available to anyone.

I believe you've been thinking about a Java MQTT Client GUI Utility
for quite some time, so the question is whether you still need or want
one?

If yes, I was wondering whether mqtt-spy could fill that gap, avoiding
duplication of effort, and potentially helping you when working on
Paho.

My goal for mqtt-spy is to create a functional, easy-to-use and robust
test tool for MQTT, Once all necessary features are available, I'd
also like to open it to other pub/sub protocols if time allows.

What are your views on that?

Cheers,
Kamil
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