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Re: [nebula-dev] Create a vCard display custom SWT widget for Eclipse
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Hi,
I like your proposal and and if you want I can mentor you. What do other
Nebula-Devs think about it?
Tom
Am 13.04.10 03:51, schrieb Peng Cui:
> Hi all,
>
> I am a master student from China, my name is Peng Cui, as we know,
> Nebula supplies much cool custom widget for Eclipse developers, i am one
> of the beneficiaries. Now, I want to supplies a custom widget for
> Eclipse and Nebula, so i post it here to see hear your voice.
>
> vCard is the electronic business card. It is a powerful new means of
> Personal Data Interchange (PDI) that is automating the traditional
> business card.It has been widely used in Personal Information Manager
> (PIM), electronic email application such as Microsoft Outlook and IBM
> Lotus notes, Web Browser or telephone. If Eclipse supplies a Custom SWT
> widget to display vCard, isn't it cool ? My project will do it.
>
> In fact, i hold this project as a
> GSoC (http://socghop.appspot.com/) project Eclipse, and i list my whole
> project proposal below. If any one is interested in my project or have
> any advises or want to mentor me, please let me know, thank you :-)
>
> ------------------------------------------------Project
> Proposal--------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> *Project Proposal Detailed Information*
>
> vCard <http://www.imc.org/pdi/vcardoverview.html> automates the exchange
> of personal information typically found on a traditional business card.
> At present time,vCard is widely used in applications such as Internet
> mail, voice mail, Web browsers, telephony applications, call centers,
> video conferencing, PIMs (Personal Information Managers), PDAs (Personal
> Data Assistants), pagers, fax, office equipment and smart cards. vCard
> information goes way beyond simple text, and includes elements like
> pictures, company logos, live Web addresses, and so on. It has following
> features:
>
> * vCards carry vital directory information such as name, addresses
> (business, home, mailing, parcel), telephone numbers (home,
> business, fax, pager, cellular, ISDN, voice, data, video), email
> addresses and Internet URLs (Universal Resource Locators).
>
> * All vCards can also have graphics and multimedia including
> photographs, company logos, audio clips such as for name
> pronunciation
> * Geographic and time zone information in vCards let others know
> when to contact you.
> * Of course, vCards support multiple languages
> * The vCard spec is transport and operating system independent so
> you can have vCard-ready software on any computer
> * vCards are Internet friendly, standards based, and have wide
> industry support.
>
> If we use Eclipse SWT/JFace to develop a application which has contacts
> info management function, I think vCard supporting is necessary. But as
> we know, Eclipse does not supplies any SWT/JFace components or widget to
> parse vCard data or display vCard information. This project aims to
> implement a vCard display custom SWT widget which is in keeping with
> vCard version 2.1 Specification <http://www.imc.org/pdi/pdiproddev.html>
> for Eclipse. The whole project will implement the following functions:
>
> 1. Construct a Java class to represent vCard, we call it JavavCard,
> this class has following mainly methods:
> * Communidate with othe file format such as CSV, it means it
> can import/export data info from/to CSV.
> * Get any property detail by proper name, we can get Java
> String property value such as Name or Email address etc, get
> Java Image property value such as Photo, get Java Sound
> property value such as vCard name pronunciation.
> 2. Create a vCard information parser,we call it vCardParser, it has
> the following functions:
> * Parse vCard Identification Properties
> * Parse vCard Delivery Addressing Properties
> * Parse vCard Telecommunications Addressing Properties
> * Parse vCard Organizational Properties
> * Parse vCard Explanatory Properties
> * Parse vCard Security Properties
> * Parse vCard Miscellaneous Properties
> 3. Create a custom widget to display JavavCard information, this
> widget has following features:
> * It is a SWT based custom widget, just like widgets in
> Eclipse Nebula project <http://www.eclipse.org/nebula/>;
> * Use different icons to indicate different properties in
> vCard, it has a default solution, but developer can change
> its default icons;
> * It will show all the properties in vCard, and has default
> layout solution,but developer can change its default layout
> solution,and decide which properties to display, which not.
> * It has changeable styles and overall look and feel, it has a
> default solution, but developer can change it to what he likes.
>
> As we know,Eclipse Nebula is a place where different Eclipse-Projects
> and Independent developers collaborate on building Custom SWT widgets
> and reuseable UI-Components useable in UI-Applications built using SWT
> and JFace. I will contribute this project to Nebula as a custom widget
> for Eclipse developers.
>
> *Background*
>
> I have serveral years Eclipse plunge-in develop experience and know
> vCard well, so i have confidence to finish this project well. But before
> i hold it as a GSoC project, i ordered Eclipse open source mail list,
> discuss this project in the mail list. Feedback from mail list told me
> that various custom SWT/JFace widgets will help Eclipse developers
> largely, this component has practical value,it is a great work. And
> then, i will start the developing job,dicuss technology difficulites in
> Eclipse mail list and vCard developer mail list.
>
> *Deliverables*
>
> * Source code, achieved jars
> * Junit test case
> * Sample code, some demos
> * Design Document, UML document and JavaDoc API document
>
> *Schedule*
>
> * March 29 - April 9: Submit my proposal, do some alter works if
> necessary
> * April 26 - May 23: Students get to know mentors, read
> documentation, get up to speed to begin working on their projects.
> * May 24 - May 31: Class JavavCard design and implement,finish data
> communication function with CSV
> * June 1 - June 7: Implement various getter methods of class
> JavavCard,including get string records, image records and voice
> records
> * June 8 - June 15: Implement vCard Identification Properties and
> Delivery Addressing Properties parse job
> * June 16 - June 22: Implement Telecommunications Addressing
> Properties and Organizational Properties parse job
> * June 23 - June 30: Implement Explanatory Properties and Security
> Properties parse job
> * July 1 - July 7: Implement the other Miscellaneous Properties
> parse job
> * July 8 - July 23: JavavCard information display custom widget
> design and coding job, finish a default display model
> * July 24 - July 31: Implement layout and properties customize
> functions for the widget
> * August 1 - August 8: Implement style, look and feel customize
> function for the widget
> * August 9 - August 15:Take a week to scrub code, write tests,
> improve documentation, etc.
> * August 16 - August 30:Submitting final evaluations and required
> code samples to Google
>
> *Expectations*
>
> I have rich Eclipse plunge-in develop experience, but i do not have rich
> Eclipse SWT/JFace custom widget develop experience, i hope my mentor
> give me some instructions or tell me what should i pay attention to.
>
> *Contact Information*
>
> I am a master student from Beijing,China. My name is Peng Cui, i am
> studying in School of Information Engineering, University of Science and
> Technology Beijing, and my major is Computer Science and Technology. My
> email is: ajiu.009@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:ajiu.009@xxxxxxxxx>.
>
> In my daily research jobs, i usually use some open source project, for
> example, i use Eclipse as my Jave development environment and use Apache
> Tomcat as my Web Application Server. Being a open source commiter is so
> cool in my mind, because open source promote sofeware development in 21
> Century, it is a good thing and i love it.
>
> I am familiar with Java language and use it to do some develop job since
> 2003. Eclipse is my Java development IDE, and i have finished some
> Eclipse plunge-in projects during my daily research period.vCard plays a
> important part in this project, i have payed much time to read vCard
> specification and discuss it in vCard develop mail list, also i have got
> some back knowledge about how to parse vCard information with Java.
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
> Best Regards
>
> Peng Cui
>
>
>
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