DWB Developer Guide

DWB_Developer_Instructions

Software developers are invited to use the source code of the DWB to set up their own software applications, e. g. for domain-specific purposes. They are encouraged to start cooperative projects with the DWB developer team and use the DWB code repositories to archive their code.

First, we recommend to study the DWB terminology and programming philosophy in several steps:

Step 1: Have a look on the published DWB ER models.

Step 2: Have a look on the DWB SVN code repository and the DiversityMobile GitHub repository.

Step 3: Install 3-4 of the DWB databases and rich clients on your desktop or MS server engine, e. g. DiversityAgents, DiversityProjects, DiversityCollection and DiversityDescriptions. You need, e. g. Windows 7 (with .Net already included).

Step 4: Contact the SNSB IT Center to get an account for a DWB training environment with test data.

Step 5: Participate in a DWB Workshop (currently offered in German).

Step 6: To start with programming install 2012 SQL Server Express and MS VisualStudio 2010 (upwards) Express, which are free of charge. For ambitious projects we recommend 2012 SQL Server Developer and MS VisualStudio Professional, which costs around 100 Euro for developers at an university.

Step 7: For downloading the directories from the DWB SVN code repository we recommend to install Subversion (SVN command line tool: e.g. "svn co http://svn.snsb.info/repos/DiversityWorkbench/trunk/DiversityAgents", or TortoiseSVN graphical user interface). The code ist organized in several directories (see DWB code statistics). Please be aware on the size of these directories and subdirectories: DiversityWorkbench (without Docu): 50 MB, DiversityWorkbench Docu directory: 600 MB, DiversityAgents: 5 MB.

Step 8: You might use this code as template for the programming.

Step 9: Keep contact with the DWB editors, co-workers and software developers to learn more about the DWB philosophy, terminology, name space and conventions.