Re: Features brainstorming

Petr Kuzel a écrit :
> Hi all,
> 
> next release planning is behind door so I'd
> like to gather your input (including flashback).

> 
> Do not feel limited by following questions:
> 
>   - What's top priority feature you would like to see in next (>NB 3.6) tasklist version?
- PMD & Checklist
	For me, it's important that tasklist continue to support Javadoc, PDM, Compiler, ..., to builf a suggestion list
	For example: 
		He, you forgot to import that class. Click here to add it !
		He, Your copyright is out of date. Click here to update it !

- Suggestion Provider.
- Suggestion Merger

	What I am suggesting here was already suggested in the past and been partially implemented. It was a preview displaying a BEFORE/AFTER. I say it's partially implemented, because now you have a preview when you select a suggestion and ask to fix it.
	What would be nice is to use to existing merg tool to be able to merge all suggestions in one shot:
		On the left, user can see content of the existing file.
		On the right, user can see the same content, but with all suggestion applied. Modification must appears in colors, as if user was in DIFF mode.
		User can then accept all suggestions, or accepts/rejects somes of them.
		When he click on OK, the existing file is merged with all suggestions he selects in one shot.

	That merge tool exists today in NetBeans.
	"The only thing that must be done" is build the file containing listed suggestions, and permits to call the merge tool even if it's not a CVS repository.

	- Also give suggestions for JDK1.4/JDK1.5 new features. 
> 
>   - How does tasklist tool window concept suit your workflow?
	- I like to have in priority feedback concerning what I am doing on:
		it means:
			1st the current file I am editing;
			2nd the other files opened in the editor;
			3rd the files belonging to the same package;
			4th the files belonging to the mounted filesystem.
		And it would be nice if I could limit scan with one of those four proposals. Via the Expert Tab properties, for example.

	- I would like to see also suggestions for HTML pages (by usage of JTidy), JSP Pages (Jtidy for HTML part, Java Suggestions for Java part).
> 
>   - What suggestions do you expect in tasklist view?
	Every suggestions/Warning given by PMD, Checkstyle, Jcsc, findbugs, jalopy, jdepends would be available in tasklist view
> 
>   - What suggestions do you expect directly in editor?
	Every suggestions appearing in the tasklist view MUST also appears in the editor. Whith icon in the marge. And when you click on that icon, you can easily fix the suggestion.

	User must be able to see suggestions in the editor even if the tasklist window is not displayed.

> 
>   - What current 'feature' do you dislike (or hate)?
> 
>   - Do you prefer explicit actions (Scan for Suggestions,
>     I18N wizards, Compiler output, ...) or background
>     hints (Suggestions, error highlighting in editor).
	I think both would be possible. Background hints could be enable by default, at least for the currently edited file. But users could have possibility to start explicit actions for a larget target (all opened files, the current package/directory, the current filesystem / the current project / all filesystems) or at least to select which kind of action he want tasklist executes in background.
> 
>   - What related tools do you use? Why?
Hereafter the list of tools I am using:
	- Checkstyle (http://checkstyle.sourceforge.net/),
	- PMD (http://pmd.sourceforge.net/),
	- cpd (Copy Paste Detector),
	- metrics modules of NetBeans (it would be enhanced to give more metrics and display them as graphics)
	- JCSC (for Metrics part) (http://jcsc.sourceforge.net/),
	- findbugs	(attention that it works on class files, not on source files. Need to be compiled before)
	- jalopy	(also for somes refactoring stuff integrated into netbeans)
	- jdepends	(Imagine that you build dependency rules. Tasklist could detect that you violate it and directly prevent user therefore)
	- Javadoc use   (when you generate Javadoc with -use parameter, it build the list of package/classes where you are using that class. So, it would be nice if tasklist could contains 

> 
>   - ... 
> 
>   Thanks for your feedback
>   Cc.
> 
> PS: I plan to post similar mail to broader nbusers forum
> after 3.6 beta release. Does it make sense?
> 


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