A quick summary of the last week in parser/visual editor work by Neil, Inez, Trevor, and Brion. It would especially be great if people added Parser Playground tests and TODO tasks towards a collaborative editor.

We released the Wikimedia annual plan, which includes: "Develop Visual Editor. First opt-in user-facing production usage by December 2011, and first small wiki default deployment by June 2012." http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/2011-2012_Annual_Plan_Questions_and_Answ...

Neil's been thinking about the tasks necessary in realtime collaborative editing: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Future/Real-time_collaboration/Tasks Please add your ideas & experiences!

Brion added some Parser Playground tests: http://www.mediawiki.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Code/MediaWiki/author/bri... Please add more!

Trevor's been adding to an SVN module working on the edit surface; his commits: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:Code/MediaWiki/author/tparscal

Trevor's been pair programming with Inez, whose work has also been on the editing surface in general: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:Code/MediaWiki/author/inez

Trevor also notes: "I am planning to get some information out this week, including some visuals of where we are headed, information about where we are, and some details about what got us here." So look out for that email within the next few days.