[atf-dev] New Milestone 4 available with changes in how ATF is package.

[Robert Goodman <goodmanr@xxxxxxxxxx>]

The ATF team has been given approval
to package XULRunner on eclipse. so we have repackaged the last milestone
with a some fixes/enhancements and declared a new milestone (Milestone
4).  The biggest change is a changed in how ATF is package. 

Packaging Changes

ATF All-In-Ones

The ATF All-In-One zip files provide
an Web Development environment that includes the base Eclipse Platform
runtime, Web Standard Tools, and ATF. Eclipse features which are not needed
for Web Development such has JDT, J2EE, etc. have been removed. The builds
also contain the ATF dependencies such as XULRunner and JavaXPCOM. Just
download the version of ATF for your platform, unzip/untar the build into
a directory, cd in to the eclipse directory and run eclipse. The intent
of the All-In-One is to provide better experience for the Web Developer.
 One of the complaints that the ATF team received was to that there
were too many options unrelated to Web Development available in the Eclipse
SDK with WTP. The team has also received comments that the large size of
the Eclipse SDK with WTP download. We would like to hear comments from
users on this smaller package intended for Web Developers. 

The ATF team would like to thank the
WTP and EMF teams which made changes that allowed this package to be built,


Unzip package

ATF is now providing the usual unzip
packages that are typically provided by eclipse projects. Two unzip packages
are being provided, one for WST and one for WTP (WST and JST). These packages
include the ATF dependencies such as XULRunner and JavaXPCOM. 

Site Archive Zip 

The Archive Site zip file for installing
ATF is still being provided. In the future this option may be removed.
The ATF team would like to hear from the community as to whether we should
continue building  the Site Archive Zip. 

Enhancements

A new menu option to add JSDT support
to an existing Project such as a PHP  Project. Just right click on
the project and select "Web Development Tools>>Add _javascript_
Support". This will allow JSDT functionality for HTML and _javascript_
files in a PHP Project. JSDT functionality for _javascript_ in a PHP file
will take additional changes. The ATF _javascript_ debugger and the PHP debugger
also haven't been integrated. 


   Thanks
      Bob





Robert Goodman
IBM Emerging Technologies
goodmanr@xxxxxxxxxx
512-838-8824    T.L. 678-8824