Status Reports: Oct 20, 2009
Posted by Dwight Deugo on 2009/10/22
Peter
Status
- Getting a hold of some first year professors at the University to distribute Dennis’ survey
- Working on a collection of cheatsheets that will teach the basics of programming step by step (https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=290673 )
- Created a tutorial for If-Else
Next Steps
- Continuing with collection of cheatsheets and will make first submission for bug this week.
Roadblocks
- Needs more contents on content of the intro page
- Exams
Dennis
Status
- Published a usability survey
- Continuing work on Bug 290582, a lite debug perspective (https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=290582 )
- Continuing work on Bug 291846, simplifying the content menu in the Java Editor (https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=291846 )
Next Steps
- Review usability survey results
Roadblocks
- Exams
Nil
Status
- Reviewed SchemeWay editor with Maxime for inclusion in IDE4EDU and came to the realization that there is a lot of work to do if it is to be useful
Next Steps
- Working on providing a Scheme perspective for IDE4EDU
Roadblocks
- Exams
Maxime
Status
- Reviewed SchemeWay editor with Nil for inclusion in IDE4EDU and came to the realization that there is a lot of work to do if it is tobe useful
Next Steps
- Review Survey with Dennis to decide what should go in a language perspective
- Decide if code refactoring support is a direction to take next.
Roadblocks
- Exams
Maciej
Status
- Participated in discussion on bug 244644, renaming Java Lite perspective and views (https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=244644)
- Submitted a first attempt at a patch the bug 244644
- Emailed first year programming instructors at UofT asking to distribute Dennis’ survey in class.
Next Steps
- Continue with bug 244644
Roadblocks
- Exams
John Adams said
Interesting to see you describe your hardware and software environment as basic tools. Seems like lots of people get wrapped up in endless tweaking, tuning, configuring, etc. all in the name of “optimization.” Just get something reliable, and leave it alone.
If you don’t already have at least 2 large monitors, then run to the store (well, Amazon) and get your equipment right. Hardware is cheap. Your time isn’t. So many things are so much easier to accomplish when you aren’t staring down the LCD equivalent of a toilet-paper roll.
While you’re mentioning software tools, suggest WeBuilder as a modern replacement (and improvement over) HomeSite. QVCS is a good version control tool.