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Wednesday April 16, 2003

My Roller To Do List

I'd like to add some additional features to Roller. Don't worry, I won't add them for a couple weeks (if I add them at all - being a Dad and husband is way more fun and satisfying than being a developer). Dave is imposing a code freeze this weekend and I don't want to mess anything up for the 0.9.7 release. Especially since we really need to get a release out - there hasn't been one since November 2002! Here's what I want to add after the release:

  • Joe Hewitt-style comments. Big surprise - it doesn't work in Opera 6/7. I'm not surprised as I despise that browser and pity anyone that uses it.
  • Use Tiles for the Editor layout and implement the Validator for validating fields. With the latest XDoclet, this will be a breeze, but could cause issues with the UI, so a good idea to implement after the release. A good strategy for implementing this would be to write a bunch of test cases with StrutsTestCase for Actions and Canoo's WebTest for JSPs.
  • Possibly this idea for highlighting entries added in the last few hours.
  • Implement struts-menu as an optional menu in the Editor to reduce the number of clicks to get to a page.

Unfortunately, none of these are on the fix me, I'm a popular bug list. Aaaahhh, the beauty of open source development: 1) you don't have to work on it at all if you don't want to, 2) you only have to implement the features you want, and 3) there are no deadlines.

Of course, if Roller's goal is to be the most popular Java-based blogging software, then squashing the bugs on the popular list is probably the best thing to do, but I don't think that's Roller's goal. I believe Roller's goal is to provide a learning environment for Java developers to tinker with. Besides, I think blojsom will win the popularity contest. Why? Because it's easy to setup and Roller isn't. Roller doesn't have chance until it can be setup in 5 minutes or less.

Posted in Roller at Apr 16 2003, 10:24:32 AM MDT 2 Comments
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Those items would be fixes I would vote for! I would certainly love to help with those as well especially the validator and editor UI improvements.

Posted by Kurt on April 16, 2003 at 11:13 AM MDT #

If they aren't already, you should add these as Enhancement requests in JIRA. Then we'll have doco that they are completed when you get around to it (or someone else). I say YEAH to more unit tests, wish I got around to it.

Posted by Lance on April 16, 2003 at 02:04 PM MDT #

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