Developer Information

From BibDeskWiki

Table of contents
1 General Developer Info

1.1 Subversion Repository Info
1.2 Building BibDesk
1.3 Localization

2 Current direction
3 Other Information

3.1 Mailing Lists
3.2 Web Links

4 Committers

4.1 BD2 info

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General Developer Info

BibDesk is written in Objective-C with the Cocoa libraries. It makes extensive use of third-party libraries, including BTParse and the Omni Frameworks.

In order to contribute to the main programming, a basic knowledge of Cocoa programming and Objective-C is necessary. Some parts of the code are in C, and we occasionally have to change the BTParse library, which is written in C.

There are currently few formal procedures for code review or coding standards. Most suggestions for improvement are expected to be discussed on the developer list before committing.

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Subversion Repository Info

All The source code necessary to build BibDesk is available in Subversion. There is a separate page on how to use the BibDesk Subversion Repository.

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Building BibDesk

Once you have downloaded the source from Subversion, you can build BibDesk.

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Localization

If you want to help localize BibDesk in your language, please tell us on the users list (http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users). There is a separate page to explain what needs to be done to add a BibDesk Localization.

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Current direction

The development of current 1.x releases of BibDesk is taking place in the trunk/bibdesk subdirectory of the SVN repository. If you want to contribute to the currently-shipping version of BibDesk, that's where to look for the source.

References to BibDesk 2.0 (aka BD2) around the wiki are referring to a side project to implement a more functional CoreData-based file format and UI for a future version of BibDesk that is in an exploratory state at present. If you want to contribute to the design and specification of this version, contact us via the developers list (http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-develop), and take a look at the code in trunk/bibdesk_2_test in the SVN repository.

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Other Information

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Mailing Lists

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Web Links

  • CIA stats page (http://cia.navi.cx/stats/project/bibdesk) - provides an RSS feed for commits to Subversion.
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Committers

The current SVN committers are the following, in alphabetical order:

  • Christiaan Hofman (hofman)
  • Michael Hohensee (mhohensee)
  • Adam Maxwell (amaxwell)
  • Michael McCracken (mmcc)

This is a group you can join! Contribute a couple of patches or just seem trustworthy, and ask on the developer list. We'll add you.

The SVN committer list is smaller than the CVS list was. That's probably just because those project members didn't ask for access after the switch to SVN. If that's you and you want to commit again, just ask.

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BD2 info

  • BibDesk 2.0 Design Document - a document describing some of the original design ideas behind BD2. Currently a bit out of date.
  • BD2-open-questions - Design problems that should be solved before we start on the new BD2 project.
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