WEBDEV Concepts

32 Part 2: Developing a site Projects in practice 1 Overview The first step in describing a site is to create a project. When creating a project, you will be asked multiple questions so that your project meets all your expectations. All project characteristics specified when creating the project can be modified later. 2 Creating the project To create a project : 1. Click in the quick access buttons in the WEBDEV ribbon. The creation window appears: click "Project". The project creation wizard starts. 2. Specify the different project options. The main options are as follows: • the type of project . WEBDEV allows you to create sites, Webservices, components, etc. • the creation mode of the project . You can create a blank project or a project based on an existing example (Application RAD). • the type of project generation . This option allows you to define the type of site generated by the project: static site, dynamic WEBDEV site (session mode or AWP), dynamic PHP site, etc. • the name and location . These options cannot be modified. The project corresponds to a ".WWP" file. All the objects associated with the project will be created in the specified directory. • whether the project will be used by several developers . You have the ability to use the source code manager (SCM) to share the project. • the code style . This code style is used to automatically prefix variables, names of controls, names of pages, etc. • the style book . • the supported languages . These languages will be proposed by default if an option can be translated in a control, window, report, etc. 3. Specify whether the project is associated with a database . If yes, you can use an existing database, or create a new one. 4. Validate the wizard. The created project becomes the current project. Remarks : • If you chose to create a database, the analysis creation wizard will start automatically. • The specified information can be modified in the project description. To open the project description window, go to the "Project" tab, "Project" group and click "Description". 3 Dashboard and project elements 3.1 Dashboard All project managers seek to have a global and synthetic vision of the progress status of the projects they lead. The QA manager wants to know the number of bugs and their priority, and follow up their status. The product manager would like to know what new features are requested by the users. The developer wants to quickly open the most frequently used project elements, sections of code, etc. The dashboard meets all these requirements. Additionally, it contains different indicators or "Widgets". These widgets can be configured by the user: the user can add, delete or resize them. You can also display the project statistics (e.g., the number of pages), the results of different audits (static audit, dynamic audit, etc.). To display the dashboard of your project : 1. Open the project context menu by right-clicking the "P" button next to the open document tabs. 2. Select "Display dashboard". For more details, see "Project dashboard", page 89.