Adding in a few more comments - inline.

On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 11:02 AM, Kavith Lokuhewage <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> This is the summary of the meeting which was held yesterday to review the
> improvements which were done to App Factory tools. Participants : Isabelle,
> Shiroshica, Jasintha & me.
>
> The key discussion was on the improvements related to per developer
> repository concept of App Factory. Additionally, following changes for App
> Factory tools, were suggested.
>
> 1. Remove the application label suffix "-Closed"
>
> When an application is not checked in to local workspace, its name is
> suffixed with "-Closed", and when it is checked out, its suffixed with
> "-Checked out". The suggestion is to remove the suffix for non checked out
> state. Also, it was discussed to remove both suffixes and use different
> colors for label text to show the contrast between states.
>

The color change is already there AFAIK - so what we need to do is remove a
suffix for projects not checked out an only have it when checked out.


>
> 2. Resolve dependencies after checking out
>
> After checking out an application, it is opened in local workspace with a
> lot of errors caused by unavailable dependencies. This should be avoided by
> building the project automatically using maven at the initial checkout.
>

The suggestion is that we need to tell the user that in order to get rid of
the errors what needs to be done - in docs, in devstudio itself etc..


>
> 3. Remove automatic login on startup (this happens when user has saved
> credentials) & remove login prompt at startup
>
> App factory login window is linked with App Factory perspective startup.
> Eclipse loads last opened perspective on startup. So, if a user has closed
> DevStudio while working in app factory perspective, there are two possible
> startup scenarios.
>
> - If user has already saved credentials, no interrupts will happen to
> startup. He/she will automatically logged in and apps will be displayed.
> - If credentials are not saved, dev studio startup will be interrupted by
> App Factory login prompt.
>
> The suggestion is to remove the authentication part (applies both above
> scenarios) on startup and allow user to get login prompt manually by
> clicking on the button available at application list view tool bar.
>

If credentials are saved the login dialog can have these populated.


>
> 4. Fix typo in preferences window. (App Factor -> App Factory)
>
> 5. Look into the possibility/advantages of connecting to App Factory's
> Jenkin instance, using available eclipse plug-ins, to get more information
> about builds and display them within Dev Studio. (Dev Studio currently can
> fetch build logs)
>
> Thanks.
>
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