Sling IDE tooling 1.0

The 1.0 release will be a release with minimal release which will allow users to sync content between their IDE and the repository.

Naming

Our IDE tooling should not focus on a single IDE and the naming should reflect that. Possible names

Sling Developer Tools
Sling IDE

Platform support

We will aim to support Eclipse and IntelliJ with a first 1.0 release.

High-level architecture

Core services

The core services will be IDE-agnostic and aim to support all platforms. As such, they will be constrained to not use specific APIs. Eclipse mandates that all I/O operations be done using its resource layer.

Server control

The server control service will handle communication with a Sling Launchpad instance, including

connecting ( validating credentials )
starting and stopping ( only possible for JAR-based launchpad )

Transport API

Contains the APIs needed to connect to Sling launchpad and import/export content.

Transport implementations

VLT transport

File vault is in process of being donated to to ASF and is a good candidate for a transport implementation.

Pros

Mature application and library
Already used to import, export and sync content

Cons

Works at JCR, not at resource level

Lightweight HTTP-based transport

The current implementation is based on the Sling DefaultGetServlet and DefaultPostServlet and is another candidate for a transport implementation.