Development process in the DIS-Java-VRML Working group

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Development process in the DIS-Java-VRML Working
group

• Ronan Fauglas
• fauglas_at_nps.navy.mil
• http//www.stl.nps.navy.mil/fauglas/disjavavrml/
• disjavavrml_21nov97.ppt and .ps

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Topics

• My work
• Our Development environment
• DIS-Java-VRML Web site
• Release Management Tools
• Schedule

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My work ...

• Reorganizing the Web site
• Documentation
• guidelines , templates
• Development process

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Development Environment

• Web, mailing List
• Distributed environment
• Code
• Free, innovative, fully tested and documented

• Process Configuration Management step by
  step !

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Reorganizing the Web Site

• Main flaws
• Lack of clarity
• Poor in information
• Key ideas
• Splitting the Web site in two
• Easy to maintain simple access to information

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Criteria for choosing a CM tool

• Free distribution, easy to setup, maintain,
  available on common platforms.
• Easy to maintain versioning
• Fully secure reliable
• Protected from crashes, hacking.
• Supporting distributed development environment ?

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Serious candidates

• RCS
• Revision Control System
• CVS
• Concurrent Version System
• Others ?

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Next Step !

• Documentation format
• Javadoc, recommendation, other guidelines.
• Generic test suite, templates for tests
• Tests might be critical for development
• Flexible development process
• Reactive to feed back to users and to tests
• Some interesting development Apache.

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Final Word

• Schedule ?

• Need your Feed back !

• On current Web page
• On documentation templates
• On CM tools and ideas on development process

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Contact

• Ronan Fauglas
• Code UW/Fa
• Naval Postgraduate School
• Monterey California 93943-5000 USA
• fauglas_at_stl.nps.navy.mil
• Informations on http//www.stl.nps.navy.mil/faugl
  as/
• updates will be announced on mailing list.