[TYPO3-dev] Distributed pair programming in Typo3

[Eike Starkmann]

Hi,
since i got some good response from other typo3 mailinglist, i try it 
here again:

Saros is now supporting PDT, Aptana and DEV3(more or less).
It would be great if people check it out and tell me if collaborative 
work can function in OSS development.
If you find it useful i would like to join the project and support you 
with using Saros.

Greets, Eike




Eike Starkmann wrote:
> Dear Typo3 Team,
> 
> My name is Eike Starkmann and I'm working with Typo3 since 3 years for a
> small Internet agency called undkonsorten.com. During this time I wrote
> a couple of extensions. At the moment I'm working as part of the Saros
> Team at the Freie University in Berlin.
> 
> Saros is an Eclipse plugin for collaborative text editing and
> distributed pair programming, i.e. it allows two or more developers to
> work together in real-time on the same files. It is similar to Gobby,
> SubEthaEdit or Google Docs but focuses on programming in Eclipse.
> 
> In my opinion both  the Typo3 core team (v.4/v.5)  and the extension
> community can benefit from Saros because I think it brings many
> advantages to Open Source Software development:
> 
> * Distributed Pair Programming is like a live peer review. This should
> help with finding good design, get rid of bugs, increase readability, etc.
> 
> * Transferring knowledge should be easier to do when more than one
> person look at and work with the same code. This should also help to
> give new developers an introduction to the code.
> 
> * In contrast to screen sharing, Saros only shares your actions inside
> of Eclipse with regards to the project you are both working on (think
> privacy) and you are still independent to explore the project on your own.
> 
> Saros can be useful in the following contexts:
> 
> * Working on complicated problems in the code
> * Performing code reviews
> * Debugging
> * Code presentation
> * Code sprints
> * Introducing new developers to the project
> * ...
> 
> It is my master thesis to figure out whether Saros is useful when
> developing Free/Open Source Software.
> 
> What do you think? Could you and Typo3 benefit from doing pair
> programming using Saros?
> 
> If you are interested in Saros but still curious about how it works
> please visit our website or feel free to contact me.
> 
> I hope you will find Saros useful and give me feedback.
> 
> Kind regards, Eike Starkmann
> 
> Website: https://www.inf.fu-berlin.de/w/SE/DPP
> Update Site: http://dpp.sf.net/update
> Saros @ SF: http://sourceforge.net/projects/dpp/
> Programming Languages Supported by Saros :
> https://www.inf.fu-berlin.de/w/SE/DPPCompatiblePlugin

-- 
Eike Starkmann
This message is part of my Master thesis research. Feel free to contact
my advisors in case of inappropriate behavior on my side:
christopher.oezbek at fu-berlin.de and stephan.salinger at fu-berlin.de