"enterprise rapid application development the wiki way" by jerome velociter @ eliberatica...
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This is a presentation held at eLiberatica 2009. http://www.eliberatica.ro/2009/ One of the biggest events of its kind in Eastern Europe, eLiberatica brings community leaders from around the world to discuss about the hottest topics in FLOSS movement, demonstrating the advantages of adopting, using and developing Open Source and Free Software solutions. The eLiberatica organizational committee together with our speakers and guests, have graciously allowed media representatives and all attendees to photograph, videotape and otherwise record their sessions, on the condition that the photos, videos and recordings are licensed under the Creative Commons Share-Alike 3.0 License.TRANSCRIPT
High ProductivityWith Application Wikis
about:me
XWiki.org core committer● Development of platform & products● Contribs of plugins, extensions & apps
XWiki SAS employee● XWiki Romania team leader● Customer projects
twitter.com/jvelo
about:xwiki
XWiki.org● LGPL platform & products● > 10000 download/year
XWiki.com● 28 people - French, European start-up● Big-names customers in Europe & US
twitter.com/xwiki
Agenda
Application wikis :➔ High productivity for developers➔ High productivity for end users
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What is a wiki?
● “The simplest online database that could possibly work”
(Ward Cunningham)
● Web pages anyone with access can edit, with:• Linking capabilities• Revision history
in 1999?
What is a wiki in 2009?
● WYSIWYG
Knowledge
Base+
Platform
● Enterprise integration (LDAP, Office, rights management, PDF)
● Unstructured AND/OR structured data pages
● Editable script runtime!● Extensible, Integrable (mashups,
APIs, apps)● ...this slide is not enough
Use cases
Wiki Apps: N OT F OR
● A Flight Simulator
Real-time/embedded apps
World domination botnet
Wiki Apps: F OR
Document-centricCollaborative apps
Wiki Apps: F OR
Wiki Apps: w h y ?
My Apps
How do I implement X, Y or Z?
wait...
It is there already !
Developers say y a y
Developers say y a y
● 10” Document Type + CRUD● In-wiki scripts ● Java plugins/components
● APIs REST/GWT/XML-RPC
● IDE integration
● UI extensions (JS/CSS)
How do I perform X, Y or Z
wait...
I know it already !
Users say y a y
Demo
App Wikis: Future
● Annotations● Real-time collab● P2P● Offline● Mobile● Semantic
coolArnold says:
Thanks! - Q/A