July 2007

Hey everybody !

I was waiting for a good occasion to give an update on my progress and here it is ! Jaws is now at revision 6666, thanks to my last commit. The static configuration subsystem along with the session subsystem are completed. I'm entering a critic phase of my project right now where all the decisions I take will affect the future developement of Jaws 2. I think I'll take one or two days to document what I've already done in the Trac wiki and start making some plans. Nothing to say really... I wish I were a superhuman but I guess we all have to sleep from time to time, even if we're computer geeks...

By the way, you can buzz me at anytime if you wish to make comments on the code. That's what opensource is all about isn't it ? Anyway, I appreciate the comments everybody made and I'm glad to have all this support from the community !

Cheers !

Nicolas Bérard-Nault

P.S.: My last commit was number 162 for me.

Hey ! I just wanted to provide some statistics about the last month and a half. This only covers the Jaws 2 code.

• Start of coding: 1st of June.
• Days elapsed: 42.
• Code base with comments: 2538 lines.
• SVN commits: 84.
• Average commits per day: 2.

I think I can safely say I'm making some progress !

Hey !

I hear some of you saying What's up ? I haven't posted for a long time - that's not because I'm lazy, it's simply because I'm too busy ! I'll keep this post short 'n sweet. Here's a short update on my progress.

Succinct list of things I am working on right now:

• Documenting all unicode functions in PHP (0%)
• Finishing Doctrine_XML_Import, with full ORM functionalities and support for Doctrine special options (~40%)
• Documenting Doctrine_XML_Import (0%)
• Start writing some API documentation in Jaws' wiki (0%)
• Sessions, authentication and configuration core objects (~30%)

Also, something great to mention, there's currently a vote on Jaws-PHP6's final name on the Jaws-Dev mailing list. If you have not cast your vote / voiced your opinion, do it as soon as possible ! More on that soon.

I also discussed a project idea I had that does not apply directly to my GSoC project (well, not yet) with Pablo Fischer. Basically, we'd like to great a big repository from which any user with an installed Jaws website could fetch/install/update new gadgets/themes/plugins automagically. That means each gadget/theme/plugin would have its own development and version number. The repository would also be available via the web and tarballs will be available for download for the website administrators that do not want the administration panel to take care of everything. I'll soon RFC on the mailing list and I hope you'll all give your ideas on how we could improve and implement this idea !

Finally, I filled in the Google summer of code mid-term survey today which means I'll soon get my second payment (of $2000 USD). Yep, that's great !

Nicolas Bérard-Nault