[gephi-dev] Newbie developer Tech Questions

[Yudi Xue]

Thanks Mathieu! This is very helpful!

Cheers,
Yudi

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Yudi Xue
M.Sc Student
University of Saskatchewan
http://www.cs.usask.ca/grads/yux577

On 11-05-22 11:26 AM, Mathieu Bastian wrote:
> Hi Yudi, 
> 
> I recommend to read this book to know everything about SPI and API design:
> http://www.amazon.com/Practical-API-Design-Confessions-Framework/dp/1430209739
> 
> Mathieu
> 
> On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 12:34 PM, Yudi Xue <yudi.xue at usask.ca
> <mailto:yudi.xue at usask.ca>> wrote:
> 
>     Dear gephi devs,
> 
>     My name is Yudi and am a GSoC student this year. I used to develop on
>     eclipse plugin-based systems and am new to Netbeans. Currently I am
>     doing my best to get up to speed to the development process in Gephi
>     community as well as launchpad (by the way this is a great platform and
>     really beats google code in my opinion).
> 
>     Here are a few questions that I could not find answer from launchpad
>     question list:
> 
>     1. I saw packages named under 'spi'. What is the difference between spi
>     and api in Netbeans plugin model? (what is the convention in gephi)
> 
>     2. A question on license term for code reuse. How should I comment
>     @author when modifying existing code? I assume:
>            @author 1 <email>
>            @author 2 <email>
>     but it is best to be sure.
> 
>     3. I saw blueprints in launchpad and am wondering how it is
>     used/managed? It seems to be a good practice that open a branch per
>     blueprint so it is aware to the test team. Should I register a blueprint
>     before contributing code?
> 
>     4. Question on quest for merge. It would be great if someone can point
>     me to a walkthrough how it is done in launchpad.
> 
>     Thanks a bunch!
> 
> 
>     Cheers,
>     Yudi
> 
>     --
>     Yudi Xue
>     M.Sc Student
>     University of Saskatchewan
>     http://www.cs.usask.ca/grads/yux577
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