Re: [paho-dev] Java MQTT Client GUI Utility & mqtt-spy

[Ian Craggs <icraggs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Andy,

I added Paho as a whole to the Eclipse Marketplace in June

http://marketplace.eclipse.org/search/site/paho

Ian

On 09/10/2014 12:21 PM, Andy Piper wrote:

OK so let's be clear on the two parts to this thread!

1. Our existing Java GUIs. 

I had planned to do a screencast showing how to install the Eclipse plugin at the time of 1.0 release but didn't get it done. We need to promote it more; we might need help on getting it into the Marketplace as I don't think the committers have previously been through that process. 

We also have the client tool which is standalone / non-RCP / doesn't need Eclipse. Also not well promoted / known, lots of people still use IA92 which is essentially the same thing but built on much much older client code.

2. mqtt-spy

I love it, I think it's perfectly valid to include as an alternative, and we'd welcome (I think) the contribution. Thanks Kamil! Any questions for us as a team?

Andy

On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 11:39 AM, Ian Craggs <icraggs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

There's also a simple and incomplete port of the IBM Java GUI at: https://www.eclipse.org/downloads/download.php?file=/paho/1.0/org.eclipse.paho.mqtt.utility-1.0.0.jar

I started that a while back to get a simple GUI going.   I still think that this approach is valuable in addition to the RCP GUI because:

1) it is 200k rather than 22MB, so is good for quick downloads and small platforms
2) it can run anywhere Java can - is not limited to Linux, Mac and Windows.

Kamil,

I see that mqtt-spy uses JavaFX, and uses Java 8.   The interface approach also looks nice.  It seems to me that all of these utilities could be complementary, and have a useful place in Paho, because of their different system requirements and GUI styles.  People always have different preferences for GUIs.  So personalIy I would still encourage you to consider contributing mqtt-spy to Paho.

Ian

On 09/10/2014 03:54 AM, Bin BJ Zhang wrote:

In fact, Paho already got a client UI tool available for a long time which can be run as a eclipse plugin or standalone application (based on Eclipse Rich Client Platform).
But, it seems nobody has tried.  A screenshot here: http://pho.to/6ySi2

https://repo.eclipse.org/content/repositories/paho-releases/org/eclipse/paho/org.eclipse.paho.ui.app/1.0.0/

org.eclipse.paho.ui.app-1.0.0-linux.gtk.x86.tar.gz
org.eclipse.paho.ui.app-1.0.0-linux.gtk.x86_64.tar.gz
org.eclipse.paho.ui.app-1.0.0-macosx.cocoa.x86_64.tar.gz
org.eclipse.paho.ui.app-1.0.0-win32.win32.x86.zip
org.eclipse.paho.ui.app-1.0.0-win32.win32.x86_64.zip

Best Regards,
Bin Zhang
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Kamil Baczkowicz ---09/09/2014 11:28:03 PM---Hi all, Following a quick chat with Andy P, he suggested posting a message

From: Kamil Baczkowicz <kamil.baczkowicz@xxxxxxxxx>
To: paho-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx
Date: 09/09/2014 11:28 PM
Subject: [paho-dev] Java MQTT Client GUI Utility & mqtt-spy
Sent by: paho-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx

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Hi all,

Following a quick chat with Andy P, he suggested posting a message
here to discuss, again;-), the idea of a Java MQTT Client GUI utility
(for Paho).

Over the last couple of weeks and months I've been working on
mqtt-spy. It's still far from perfect, so any feedback or help is very
much appreciated.

From start, my intention was to make the code open and available to anyone.

I believe you've been thinking about a Java MQTT Client GUI Utility
for quite some time, so the question is whether you still need or want
one?

If yes, I was wondering whether mqtt-spy could fill that gap, avoiding
duplication of effort, and potentially helping you when working on
Paho.

My goal for mqtt-spy is to create a functional, easy-to-use and robust
test tool for MQTT, Once all necessary features are available, I'd
also like to open it to other pub/sub protocols if time allows.

What are your views on that?

Cheers,
Kamil
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