A great way to familiarize yourself with WIAB is by comepleting StarterProject<https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/IssueNavigator.jspa?reset=true&jqlQuery=labels+%3D+StarterProject> .
2011/7/9 Joseph Gentle <jose...@gmail.com> > On Sat, Jul 9, 2011 at 8:19 AM, Thomas Wrobel <darkfl...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> As far as I know, the client-server protocol for wave in a box is > >> pretty stable at this point. Its documented here: > >> > http://www.waveprotocol.org/protocol/design-proposals/clientserver-protocol > >> ... Though that documentation is probably out of date. > > > > It was my understanding it wasnt yet implemented? > > There was an older thread here about it; > > > > > http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/incubator-wave-dev/201105.mbox/%3cbanlktimi_a6zkpsrxqqvhwysrfhh35-...@mail.gmail.com%3e > > > > David Hearnden there said; > > > > "I would strongly encourage not building too much on the current > protocol, > > since it has a number of known limitations. The new protocol is simpler > and > > achieves a better separation of functionality. " > > > > Which put me off doing a anything with the code as-is. > > > > Has this changed now? > > I don't know - I haven't been working with the wave in a box code for > the last 6 months or so. > > >> If you care about the client/server API enough to dig through the > >> code, writing up some proper documentation describing what you find > >> would be great. > > > > Id be happy to - but that might be overestimating my skills somewhat. > > My java skills uptill now have purely been GWT or Android based stuff. > > Haven't ever done any server stuff, and the wiab code is a rather > > steep learning curve every time I try getting to grips with bits of > > it. > > I worked with the wave / wave in a box code for about half a year, and > I still feel like that whenever I dive in there. Despite referring to > (& editing) those protobuf files maybe a dozen times, it still took me > 5-10 minutes to find them again. You can still get work done with that > feeling, but it is slow going. > > If you want a good client/server protocol for wiab, familiarise > yourself with the WIAB code and implement those changes Hearnden was > talking about. > > -J > > > -Thomas > > >
