Sprint 20 Review

Fabian Heuberger

Release 13.2 Recap @Reto Weiss
End of Eclipse Designer @Christian Strebel
Role Editor @Lukas Lieb
Database Editor @Lukas Giger
EL Completion for XHTML @Reto Weiss
Low Level Market Installer - VSCode @Reguël Wermelinger

Reto Weiss

Release Recap 13.2

Screenshots / Code

Christian Strebel

End of Eclipse Designer

The Eclipse-based designer has been removed from the code. Please try out the VS Code PRO Designer (Beta) and share your feedback. With version 14.0, it is not possible to revert to the Eclipse Pro Designer.
See: https://community.axonivy.com/d/1149-maintenance-mode-of-the-eclipse-based-pro-designer
To use the latest feature, please install the pre-release version of the VS Code Designer extension.

Audience
Ivy Developers

Value

Having fewer repositories, dependencies and code makes Axon Ivy less complex and more secure.
We could also clean up the file layout of an Ivy project further by removing the entire .settings folder, since this was only used by the Eclipse Designer.
We also got rid of the XML based .project and created a simple .ivyproject instead.
Switching to the latest Eclipse dependencies was easy for us now.

Facts and figures

Files in core: removed 3'106 files (now 17'923 / before 21'029)
Lines of Code in core: removed 164'361 lines (now 1'165'137 / before 1'329'498)
Lines of Java Code in core: removed 127'772 lines (now 741'232 / before 869'004)
Dependencies to bundles form core: removed 653 bundles (now 338 / before 991)
Projects in core: removed 39 projects (now 312 / before 351)
Product artifacts per release: 1536 MiB less (now 777 MiB / before 2313 MiB)

Version

14.0

Discussion
Not only is the Drools-based rules engine big (around 15 MiB), but we have also had a lot of trouble switching to the latest dependencies.
Is this feature critical to Axon Ivy, or could we omit it from the 14.0 release and work on a replacement later? This would speed up the next steps considerably.

Next steps

Refactor core to remove dependency to other eclipse core bundles. e.g. org.eclipse.core.resources

Lukas Lieb

Role Editor

Configure your project roles in neo and vscode with an editor 😍

Audience
Low coders, Process Developers

Value
💾 We changed the roles file format from XML to Yaml, inclusive schema support
🛠️ Role Editor in neo and vscode
📝 Roles are flat

Version
14.0.0

Discussion
Currently, it is still possible to add parents to roles and build a hierarchy. However, we think about changing this to only allow flat roles with role members. Because the hierarchical roles are difficult to understand and difficult to deploy to an engine. With role members, this wouldn't be the case. As this is a bit more work, we are currently not sure if we should do it before v14.0.
https://developer.axonivy.com/doc/14.0/en/designer-guide/configuration/roles-users.html#role-editor
However, we could think about an optional view to still show a tree.

Next steps
Same for test users

Screenshots / Code

# yaml-language-server: $schema=https://json-schema.axonivy.com/app/14.0.0/roles.json
Roles:
  - Id: Employee
    Members:
      - Manager
      - Teamleader
  - Id: Teamleader
  - Id: Manager
  - Id: HR Manager
    Parent: Manager
  - Id: Facility Manager
    Parent: Manager
  - Id: IT Manager
    Parent: Manager
  - Id: Office Manager
    Parent: Manager
  - Id: Executive Manager
    Parent: Manager
  - Id: Order
  - Id: Deliverer
    Parent: Order
  - Id: Processor
    Parent: Order
  - Id: Finance
    Parent: Order

Lukas Giger

Database Editor

The new Database Editor is taking shape, allowing you to edit your Database Connections with a modernized user interface.

Audience

Process developers
Low-coders

Value

Visually pleasing user interface
Improved user experience

Version

14.0.0

Next steps

Minor UI improvements
Database Connection test

Screenshots / Code

Reto Weiss

EL Completion for XHTML

We improved the EL completion in the XHTML editor

Audience
Process Developers

Value
Completion support for:

ivy, data, logic
Managed beans in your project
Local variables declared in the XHTML file

Version

14.0

Discussion
Think about topics that could be discussed.
E.g. Gather feedback for open questions
E.g. Discuss controversial topics
E.g. Get input for further stories in this epic
It's OK to remove this point if nothing needs to be discussed.

Next steps

EL Validation in the XHTML editor
More EL completions (functions, operators)

Screenshots / Code

Reguël Wermelinger

Low Level Market Installer - VSCode

VSCode Designer can install products from the Market again 🛒

Audience
Process Developers, Market Community

Value

Market Product developers can build products for LTS 14
- product.json installers can be tested
VSC Users can use thrilling Market products, like smart-workflow, with minimal effort.

Version

14.0.0

Next steps

This is a first simple command-driven enabler to use the Market within the new IDE.
Bigger integrations, in a VSC like Market site are planned for later.

Screenshots / Code

Fabian Heuberger

New & Noteworthy

XIVY-18089: Change roles model file from XML to YAML
XIVY-18050: Remove search bundle and all the code it uses
XIVY-18151: Raise apache.commons.pool to latest

Bugfixes

XIVY-18161: Inscription call dialog shows nothing, when a class exception is thrown internally
XIVY-18162: Missing CSP nonce error in the log if you navigate to the Branding page of the Engine Cockpit
XIVY-18163: SearchEngineException if number custom field has long and float values
XIVY-18168: Integrated Browser Blank When Opening Engine Cockpit / Neo from VSCode Designer
XIVY-18108: Using IvyAsyncExecutor while tracing is enabled results in session NPE
XIVY-18111: First undo after editing a property does nothing in Form Editor
XIVY-18156: VSCode: Form editor becomes dirty when you jump through properties without making any changes.
XIVY-18171: Form Editor: CMS Quickfix not working in Static Options Table