There needs to be some easier and clearer way trigger remote runs

Try to click on 'Remote Build User Status' action in the main menu (in

IDEA). There is the list of all remote runs with the possibility to remote

some finished ones. Did you test it?

"Dave Griffith" <dave.griffith@cnn.com> wrote in message

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Wow, that's complicated.  I actually had done the first three of those,

and loved what I saw.  The fourth I never would have figured out, as I

only use the "Changes" window when I've let things go too long between

check-ins.  Otherwise "Commit Project" is enough.  There needs to be some

easier and clearer way trigger remote runs (like a menu item under the

"Build" main menu) and some less intrusive way to indicate that a project

is using the build server (like a config panel).

>

A+ for functionality, C for usability, at least so far.  Fortunately the

"remote build" functionality alone is more than enough to make the sale

for me.

>

--Dave Griffith

Firstly, fill your profile on the team server, ....

From a functionality point of view it's just impressive, but IMHO for usage, it's just too

complicated(reminds me of MPS ).

IMHO you should totally simplify(and rethink) the workflow(and add some wizards): the average Joe

programmer won't be able to use it or will abandon pretty quickly.

just my 2 cents,

Ahmed.

>> IMHO you should totally simplify(and rethink) the

>> workflow(and add some wizards): the average Joe

>> programmer won't be able to use it or will abandon

>> pretty quickly.

 

   Completely agree here. I was thinking just like that while

   writing my previous post. The process of setting up the remote run

   is too much complicated. What we're thinking of:

 

   - remove dependency on Jabber/IDEtalk to get personal build notifications

   - automatically detect team server run configurations which should be run

     remotely according to VCS roots in the changelist

   - provide the Remote Run command in the Ctrl-K dialog.

   - improve build data presentation in some way (popup window

     which appears after the click on  the toolbar button)

That sounds good. I can't wait to try them :).

  May be anything else?

Well, I would say: wizards.  While I know that the wizards are not important in an IDE for the

current work(coding), but for setting up things,IMHO it is very important to have simple to use

wizards - they require no previous knowledge or long learning periods.

Also it might make sense to make more use of defaults/defaulting. Things that fit for most of

the people in a certain usage scenario, should already be configured or filled.

Ahmed.