Building Web 3.0
Getting Started
A "Getting Started" thread should prove to be helpful in short order. A good place for hints and questions. And it gives a nice focus for newbies--which is essential!
You will first need to download the latest element model zip file from here as well as installing JDK1.6 if you don't already have it on your system. Then you are ready do do the configuration.
Configuration means updating the smtp.cft file to work with your own gmail account. Details can be found in the Installation Guide. (You will also need to configure the gmail account for POP3 access.)
Now you are ready to run. I suggest starting with Com11105.bat or Com11105.sh. This will bring up a [jetty] web server which has been integrated with the element model database and which is included in the download (which is why the download is so big). Two ports are used: 11105 is used as the server socket port for access by other instances of element model. And port 8080 is the default jetty port for the web server.
With Com11105 running, you can now point your web browser to localhost:8080 and take a look at the user interfaces as they have been developed to date.
Another program, Browse, is also included. This is a database console and can be run using the Browse11102.bat or Browse11102.sh scripts. It uses 11102 as its socket server port. Scripts Browse11104.bat and Browse11104.sh can also be used to run the console with server port 11104. The Browse console is very powerful, but not at all user friendly--it is only a thin layer over the database. So it is good for learning about the database but not at all good for demonstrating applications.
You will first need to download the latest element model zip file from here as well as installing JDK1.6 if you don't already have it on your system. Then you are ready do do the configuration.
Configuration means updating the smtp.cft file to work with your own gmail account. Details can be found in the Installation Guide. (You will also need to configure the gmail account for POP3 access.)
Now you are ready to run. I suggest starting with Com11105.bat or Com11105.sh. This will bring up a [jetty] web server which has been integrated with the element model database and which is included in the download (which is why the download is so big). Two ports are used: 11105 is used as the server socket port for access by other instances of element model. And port 8080 is the default jetty port for the web server.
With Com11105 running, you can now point your web browser to localhost:8080 and take a look at the user interfaces as they have been developed to date.
Another program, Browse, is also included. This is a database console and can be run using the Browse11102.bat or Browse11102.sh scripts. It uses 11102 as its socket server port. Scripts Browse11104.bat and Browse11104.sh can also be used to run the console with server port 11104. The Browse console is very powerful, but not at all user friendly--it is only a thin layer over the database. So it is good for learning about the database but not at all good for demonstrating applications.
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Permalink Reply by Minh Nhat Dong on -
Hi Bill,
Thank for replying so quick :) I installed agilewiki4 in my laptop. I agree that the installation is quite easy. Now I'm looking around to get used to qith agilewiki, and I think it could be so great if you can let us know a little what should we do next, or what should we prepare so we can contribute to our project even the contribution is small. It can keep our folks working and feel helpful.
Btw, I'm using firefox and ageli works just fine. About IDE, what are you usng right now? I'm using IDE and last year I'm using Eclipse, hopefully I can start helping out somehow.
Minh
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Permalink Reply by Bill la Forge on -
Minh,
I just solved the IE problem and put it on the demo site, http://agilewiki.org It will be included in release 16.10.0.
Of perhaps more interest is that release 16.9.0, which went out this morning. It should now be much easier to build agilewiki, not just install it. The catch is that you will need to install Maven. Please see https://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/agilewiki/wiki/DeveloperGuide for details. (This page was rewritten only yesterday.)
I believe that we've always lost a lot of potential developers because configuring the build was so difficult. Hopefully that all changes now.
As for IDE, I'm about to give up on NetBeans as it does not seem to work so well on a Maven project. (I expect that will change--there are lots of maven-specific changes scheduled for the next major release of NetBeans.) Naji has been using Eclipse and I'm going to give that a try... again. :-)
Also, why don't you join our google group? http://groups.google.com/group/agilewikidevelopers
As for contributions, I'll note that Barrie has been able to do so in short order, but this was entirely a matter of luck. He happened to mention Maven so I asked him to write the pom files for agilewiki. Turns out he didn't know maven that well but had a number of coworkers who did. And that's the story behind release 16.9.0. :-)
Until we get more developers actively involved, I think being able to contribute will be a matter of luck to some degree. But making the build much easier can't hurt! My personal priority is to make it as easy as possible for you and everyone else with an interest to start contributing. But the path ahead is not at all clear to me.
I think one thing that can help is to be as open as I can about what I'm working on, which happens to be resuming the refactoring of the web UI right now. I figure if Naji and I (and Barrie too!) keep talking about things on the google group, you may get some ideas about how you can participate.
In any case, please let me know if you run into any problems, have questions, or see something you'd like to fix/change/improve/add. I am constantly overwhelmed by the size of this project and how much remains to be done! I'd love to see you actively contributing.
Bill
Minh Nhat Dong said:Hi Bill,
Thank for replying so quick :) I installed agilewiki4 in my laptop. I agree that the installation is quite easy. Now I'm looking around to get used to qith agilewiki, and I think it could be so great if you can let us know a little what should we do next, or what should we prepare so we can contribute to our project even the contribution is small. It can keep our folks working and feel helpful.
Btw, I'm using firefox and ageli works just fine. About IDE, what are you usng right now? I'm using IDE and last year I'm using Eclipse, hopefully I can start helping out somehow.
Minh
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