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XWiki
A collaborative development platform runtime based
on the wiki paradigm
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September 2011

2.
Agenda
• What is XWiki?
• Development Capabilities
• Why use XWiki?
• QA
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What is XWiki?
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Is it a first gen Wiki?
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Is it a first gen Wiki?
Not only!
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Is it an Advanced Wiki?
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Is it an Advanced Wiki?
Not only!
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It’s a dev platform!
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It’s a dev platform!
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It’s a dev platform!
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It’s a dev platform!
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It’s a dev platform!
... and a lot more... Copyright (c) Vincent Massol - 2011

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It’s a dev platform!
... and a lot more... Copyright (c) Vincent Massol - 2011

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It’s a dev platform!
... and a lot more... Copyright (c) Vincent Massol - 2011

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It’s a dev platform!
... and a lot more... Copyright (c) Vincent Massol - 2011

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It’s a dev platform!
... and a lot more... Copyright (c) Vincent Massol - 2011

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It’s a dev platform!
... and a lot more... Copyright (c) Vincent Massol - 2011

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It’s a dev platform!
... and a lot more... Copyright (c) Vincent Massol - 2011

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It’s a dev platform!
... and a lot more... Copyright (c) Vincent Massol - 2011

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It’s a dev platform!
... and a lot more... Copyright (c) Vincent Massol - 2011

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It’s a dev platform!
... and a lot more... Copyright (c) Vincent Massol - 2011

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It’s a dev platform!
... and a lot more... Copyright (c) Vincent Massol - 2011

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It’s a dev platform!
... and a lot more... Copyright (c) Vincent Massol - 2011

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It’s a dev platform!
... and a lot more... Copyright (c) Vincent Massol - 2011

25.
XWiki Platform
... for developing (collaborative) web applications
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26.
Multiple Usages
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27.
Long tail of Apps
Excel of the
Web
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28.
Development
Capabilities
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29.
Scripting in Pages (1/2)
Demo
{{groovy}}
@Grab(group='org.codehaus.groovy.modules.http-builder',
module='http-builder', version='0.5.1')
import groovyx.net.http.*
def http = new HTTPBuilder( 'http://nexus.xwiki.org/nexus/' )
def resp = http.get( path: 'service/local/repositories')
println "|=Name|=Type|=Location"
resp.data."repositories-item".each() {
println "|${it.name}|${it.repoType}|${it. contentResourceURI}"
}
{{/groovy}}
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30.
Scripting in Pages (2/2)
Demo
{{velocity}}
#set ($xwql = "where doc.content like '%welcome%'")
#foreach ($item in $services.query.xwql($xwql).execute())
#if ($request.confirm == "1")
#set ($itemDoc = $xwiki.getDocument($item))
$itemDoc.setContent($itemDoc.getContent().replaceAll(
"welcome", "bienvenue"))
$itemDoc.save("Replaced bienvenue")
* [[$item>>$item]] replaced!
#else
* [[$item>>$item]]
#end
#end
[[Replace "welcome" by "bienvenue">>?confirm=1]]
{{/velocity}}
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31.
Adding MetaData
• Ability to associate arbitrary Demo
data to any wiki page
• Enable structure in the wiki
• Enable Application development
• Future: Application Within Minutes
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32.
Wiki Macros
Demo
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33.
Skinning & Theming
Demo
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34.
Components Demo
@ComponentRole
public interface Macro
{
List<Block> execute();
}
@Component
@Named("message")
@Singleton
public class MessageMacro implements Macro
{
@Inject
private Execution execution;
@Inject
@Named("box")
private Macro boxMacro;
public List<Block> execute()
{
...
}
}
META-INF/components.txt
org.xwiki.rendering.internal.macro.message.MessageMacro
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35.
extensions.xwiki.org
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36.
Why use XWiki?
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Pros (1/2)
• Iterative, Need-based development
• Continuous Delivery
• Online immediately (no deployment
needed)
• Works from day one, immediate feedbacks
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38.
Pros (2/2)
• Work collaboratively on creating
applications
• Designers can style while devs create
logic
• Open source
• Strong and meritocratic community
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39.
Cons
• Save code in SCM
• ... but SVN Application
• Low integration with existing dev tools
• ... but XEclipse
• ... but WebDAV
• Not an official standard
• Higher “risk”, less trained devs, etc
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40.
Q&A
Me
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41.
Vincent Massol
vincent@xwiki.com
skype: vmassol
http://about.me/vmassol
http://xwiki.org
http://xwiki.com
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