[Mediawiki-l] IDE for mediawiki

[a. cremer]

This one http://meta.rilnet.org/wiki/Mediawiki/Database/Tables/Text is easy 
to understand because it shows how the tables are linked.

What is so confusing for me as someone who wants to dig into that world is 
that there is not one 'easy' approach.

One first has to learn all about the Doxygen's Apaches PHP and the others 
contributing to the game.

I guess that the key to success is persistence and some helpful people.

Regards
Albert Cremer


"Rolf Lampa" <rolf.lampa at rilnet.com> schrieb im 
Newsbeitrag news:45B4F1FC.4070004 at rilnet.com...
> Titoxd at Wikimedia wrote:
>> <snip>
>>
>> For the database, you can have a look at
>> http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Database_layout, which includes an
>> overview of all the database tables currently used in MediaWiki. I've 
>> tried
>> to make sure everything is more-or-less accurate (probably less), but it
>> should be accurate for MW 1.8, 1.9 and 1.10alpha.
>
> This really is of great help!  This could fairly easy be drawn also with
> UML class diagrams with essential "views" of the classes like this (just
> a "demo page"):
>
> http://meta.rilnet.org/wiki/Mediawiki/Database/Tables/Text
>
>
>> As for the class structure, does http://svn.wikimedia.org/doc/ help? 
>> I've found it to be useful many times.
>
> It definitely helps - if you don't get lost...
>
> Also here it would help a lot to have simple diagrams showing things at
> different "levels" of complexity &  abstraction. Diagrams should capture
> not only different "levels" but also how the same classes/tables are
> used within different "scopes" (like the text does in the very good
> database descriptions!). Daagrams should preferably illustrate "use
> cases", like "when deleting a page then it affects..." etc.
>
> Such diagrams/views would give Context to the Details. This is important
> since Details without a meaningful Context is of lesser value to the
> newbie to Mediawiki (which I am one of).
>
> Regards,
>
> // Rolf Lampa