Mach II Team Meeting September 29, 2009 - Mach-II/Mach-II-Framework GitHub Wiki

Attendees: Peter Ferrell, Matt Woodward, Kurt Wiersma, Brian FitzGerald

Time: Listed in Eastern time zone

• Kurt will tighten up preso's for BFusion

• Brian will kick out one MachStart video per week

• Matt will come up with case study questions

• Peter will build an application form for people who would like to contribute to the framework

• 10:06p

• discussion of pre-conference training for cfObjective 2010

• pre-conference Mach-II training will likely be offered at cfObjective, will be a killer deal, and will dig in on some key new framework features

• 10:21p

• discussion of BFusion/BFlex Mach-II training

• Matt asks if anyone can put together (or update?) the powerpoint presos for the conference

• Kurt takes on the task of updating the presos

• Peter points out that he is multitasking by eating a loaded baked potato. Not to be outdone, Matt points out that he is polishing off a vegetable hash

• Matt points out we should keep a narrow focus and dig deeper into a few key features (logging, caching, and view/form tag libraries)

• 10:29p

• Kurt notes that we should certainly point out to the list about the upcoming training opportunities

• Peter has kind words about the beginnings of the MachStart video training series

• Team discusses preparing a case study questionnaire to get some profiles from users from the community (using Mach-II and want to some great publicity? email team@…)

• discussion of the many high profile sites making use of the Mach-II framework

• 10:43p

• discussion of possibility of new Mach-II team members

• Matt and Peter discuss ways to build community involvement in the project

• Matt points out having logical separation(s) within Team Mach-II will make a lot of sense for organizing the attack moving forward

• Matt and Peter discuss the addition of a written agreement/expectation document for new members regarding formal expectations of contributions

• purpose of document is not to pressure people, but to make sure everyone is on the same page to keep progress moving forward consistently

• 11:04p

• switching gears to vision for Mach-II moving forward

• Matt talks about how we can make major strides and improvements in Mach-II moving forward

• Kurt mentions the possibility of milestone releases and how they can help things moving forward smoothly

• Peter concurs with milestones aiding with a frequent release cycle

• Peter points out that the Mach-II vision encompasses both the technical aspect and community aspect which are both equally connected and important

• Discussion of how to naturally make Mach-II more full-stack by nature

• Peter talks about vision of a specific baked in ease of use feature to remove extra layer of configuration

• 11:32p

• Matt mentions that he and Peter have discussed the idea of bundling CFML engine in Mach-II package as an option

• Peter points out big features for Mach-II he has in mind: Validation (i18n), (Major ease of use feature), (Big additional Feature for 2.0), View enhancements

• Kurt talks about wicked feature planned for 2.0 and discusses his related research and planning

• Peter brings up integration with Unit Testing framework such as mxunit

• Matt points out that the unit testing integration may take a back seat to other upcoming features

-11:48p

• Matt and Peter discuss the idea of leaving behind the strict lines keeping Mach-II out of your views and model
• Brian and Kurt concur that this has been an unnecessary restriction which is holding Mach-II back from it's full potential
• Peter asks for thoughts on feature targeting for 1.9 vs. 2.0
• Matt suggests that keeping in line with our milestone release philosophy, we should probably look at including the Validation functionality in 1.9
• Peter pointing out that 1.9 should include Validation and Packages

-12:02a

• Meeting wrap up and finalization of action items (see above)