Plone IDE is an ACE Javascript editor based effort to provide easy and sane Plone development environment aimed for newcomers (though power users will probably enjoy it too).

1. Plone IDE
Integrated entry level solution for Plone development
stack
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2. • mikko@opensourcehacker.com
• http://twitter.com/moo9000
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3. Goals
• Make Plone development easier by offering
entry level integrated tools for doing real
Python development with Plone
• The web development as it should
be - view source & hit refresh way
• Lean management: if it doesn’t help you to
get the thing done then it should not
concern you
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4. Architecture
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5. sauna.reload
collective.ploneide monsieur.poirot
collective.recipe.ploneide
Plone Developer Buildout
plonecustom ZopeSkel
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6. Plone Developer
Installer
• A buildout with all tools integrated &
prepared beforehand
• Zip distributed (users must not *run*
buildout)
• Should run on Windows tool
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7. collective.ploneide
• ACE Javascript IDE editor for Python, TAL,
HTML, CSS, Javascript and XML
• With sane default settings like syntax
coloring and tab width
• Project browser points to src/
• Breakpoint enabled debugger support
• ZopeSkel wizards
• Dojo Javascript widget library
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8. ZopeSkel 3.0
• Basic project template with options to
• Add views, viewlets
• Override views, viewlets
• Add CSS, JS files
• Dexterity / Grok based
• We don’t want novices to see ZCML
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9. monsieur.poirot
• Inspect Plone code from a running instance
• JSON interface - can be consumed by any
product
• Produce list of available views, viewlets,
portlets, contents, etc. stuff to extend and
override
• Data used to fill in fields in ZopeSkel
templates
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10. plonecustom
• Default customization product preinstalled
in the development buildout on src/
• Based on a pre-run ZopeSkel template
• Preinstallation needed: users must not run
buildout in any point
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11. sauna.reload
• Hit refresh and the code changes just are
there
• Uses fork() loop: does not work on
Windows, so Windows users fall back to
full Plone restarts (still automatic)
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12. Benefits for bearded
people
• Parts of stack can be integrated with other
development tools (VIM, Emacs) for people
who don’t want to learn new habits
• sauna.reload
• ZopeSkel 3
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13. What’s it not
• Theme development tool: currently as a
separate project
• Debug toolbar: currently as a separate
project
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14. What need to be
solved
• How newbies are going to deploy to
production (eventual buildout?)
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