Joomla Bug Squad - Andrea Tarr #jd12nl

Joomla Bug Squad Andrea Tarr S

Schedule What is the JBS? How do you get started? Setting up to work with the JBS2 Andrea Tarr Joomla!dagen 2012

What is the Joomla Bug Squad (JBS)?Photo by Eduardo Deboni 3 Andrea Tarr Joomla!dagen 2012

The Joomla Bug Squad...S  invites everyone to join in.S  consists of trackers, coders and testers.S  is responsible for identifying and fixing errors in Joomla.S  is an ongoing Production Working Group.S  takes over new major releases when the beta comes out.S  creates an incubator for new Joomla developers.S  allows more people to participate in Joomla coding & testing. 4 Andrea Tarr Joomla!dagen 2012

Trackers: Open->ConfirmedS  Create trackers for bugs reported in Joomla Bug Reporting Forum S  http://forum.joomla.org/viewforum.php?f=579S  Confirm or close issues in CMS Issue Tracker S  http://joomlacode.org/gf/project/joomla/tracker/? action=TrackerItemBrowse&tracker_id=8103 S  Use checklist to evaluate: http://docs.joomla.org/Testing_ChecklistsS  Skills Needed S  Basic knowledge of Joomla S  Ability to try to reproduce the errorS  http://docs.joomla.org/Tracker_Team 5 Andrea Tarr Joomla!dagen 2012

Coders: Confirmed->PendingS  Create patches for Confirmed issues in the CMS Issue TrackerS  Skills Needed S  PHP and/or JavaScript and/or HTML/CSS S  Follow Joomla coding standards & styles S  Use version control S  Create patchesS  http://docs.joomla.org/Bug_Squad_Coding_Team 6 Andrea Tarr Joomla!dagen 2012

Testers: Pending->RTCS  Test Pending Issues in the CMS Issue Tracker S  Testing checklist: http://docs.joomla.org/Testing_Checklists S  Use testing instructions in the trackerS  Skills Needed S  Knowledge of Joomla S  Ability to apply patches S  Some patches are more complex and need more knowledgeS  http://docs.joomla.org/Testing_Checklists 7 Andrea Tarr Joomla!dagen 2012

The Tracker8 Andrea Tarr Joomla!dagen 2012

Browsing the Tracker 9 Andrea Tarr Joomla!dagen 2012

Tracker PrioritiesS  1: Critical. The trunk is not working at allS  2: Major. Major loss of advertised function or Error warningsS  3: Normal. Hindering advertised behavior but application still workableS  4: Minor. Minor loss of function, annoying behaviorS  5: Trivial. Cosmetic, misspelled words, less common issues 10 Andrea Tarr Joomla!dagen 2012

Tracker StatusesS  Open: Reported but not yet evaluated S  Close with: Unable to confirm, Duplicate report, Known issue, Not a bug, Not Joomla! core, Expected behaviorS  Confirmed: This is a bug to be fixedS  Pending: There is a patch and testing is neededS  Ready to commit (RTC): All tested and ready to commitS  Fixed in SVN/Github: Change has been made 11 Andrea Tarr Joomla!dagen 2012

Tracker StatusesS  Information RequiredS  Needs ReviewS  In ProgressS  Referred to PlatformS  Platform Pull RequestS  Fixed in Platform 12 Andrea Tarr Joomla!dagen 2012

Tracker Detail 13 Andrea Tarr Joomla!dagen 2012

Setting up Your Computer17 Andrea Tarr Joomla!dagen 2012

Your computer needs to ...S  run a web server, PHP, and MySQL (or MS SQL/Azure) S  XAMPP, WAMP, WAMPServer, MAMP S  IIS, MS SQLS  have SVN/Subversion or Git Version control 18 Andrea Tarr Joomla!dagen 2012

SVN/Subversion or GitS  CMS Issue tracker is on Joomlacode and uses SVN/ Subversion and patchesS  Joomla Platform is in git on Github and uses forks and git pull requestsS  Joomla CMS is also on Github and you can use git pull requests in the CMS Issue TrackerS  Try not to mix patches and pull requests on the same tracker 19 Andrea Tarr Joomla!dagen 2012

Using Git PR as SVN PatchesS  Example Git pull request: S  https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/pull/159S  Add .patch on end and upload by URL 20 Andrea Tarr Joomla!dagen 2012

Using Git PR as SVN PatchesS  Ignore leading path name segments – Change to 1S  Change Fuzz factor if necessary 21 Andrea Tarr Joomla!dagen 2012

ResourcesS  Setting up Eclipse & SVN S  http://docs.joomla.org/ Setting_up_your_workstation_for_Joomla!_developmentS  Importing Joomla & Eclipse tricks S  http://docs.joomla.org/ Setting_up_your_workstation_for_Joomla!_development_-- _Part_2 22 Andrea Tarr Joomla!dagen 2012

ResourcesS  Setting up just to apply patches S  http://docs.joomla.org/Tortoise_SVNS  Using Git S  http://docs.joomla.org/Working_with_git_and_github S  http://github.com 23 Andrea Tarr Joomla!dagen 2012

CommunicatePhoto by Matti Mattila 24 Andrea Tarr Joomla!dagen 2012

JBS CommunicationsS  CMS Issue Tracker to discuss specific issuesS  JBS Google group list for formal discussions S  https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!forum/ joomlabugsquadS  Skype Chat for immediate discussions 25 Andrea Tarr Joomla!dagen 2012

Joining JBS26 Andrea Tarr Joomla!dagen 2012

Joining Joomla Bug SquadS  You don’t need to be a JBS member to test or to submit patches to a tracker you openS  You need to be a JBS member to change statuses or submit patch files to a tracker you didn’t create 27 Andrea Tarr Joomla!dagen 2012

Joining Joomla Bug SquadS  Email Mark Dexter (mark.dexter@community.joomla.org) and ask to become a memberS  Send him your joomlacode.org username if you already have an account.S  Slides: http://tarrconsulting.com/presentations/jd12nl/jbs- jdnl.pdf 28 Andrea Tarr Joomla!dagen 2012

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