Che 7 Beta

[slemeur]

Che 7 Beta Details

Goal: The implementation of the new capabilities for Che 7 has been targeting the self-hosting mode from its start. The goal of the Che 7 Beta, is to finalize the new Che version with the ability for everyone to use Eclipse Che to extend/customize it. That version will also include the first part of a new CLI which simplify the installation and management of Che.

User Story 1 (hosted theia plugin dev): As a Che developer I want to start a ws.next based workspace that is configured to load theia as the editor and an “hello world” frontend theia plugin (using an existing che stack from the dashboard and with the editor and plugins definition available in a remote plugin registry) so that I will be able to easily extend this model developing new theia plugins.

User Story 2 (java/nodejs dev): As a developer using Che, I want to start a ws.next based workspace that is configured with the tooling that I defined for my NodeJS/Java project (configuring it from the dashboard, or using a devfile on the repository) so that I will be able to develop on my project and get all language tooling.

User Story 3 (chectl and operator): As an admin of Che, I want to use a CLI based tool that is provided with Che to install and configure my Eclipse Che using (using the operator) so that I can easily control my installation.

User Story 4 (k8s plugin basic flow): As a developer using Che, I want to interact with my K8S / OpenShift cluster using dedicated plugins, so I can manage my cluster and push my source code onto the cluster.

Success Criteria:
Implementation of the 4 user stories with:

• The plugin registry is deployed with the plugin viewer
• The user is able to configure the workspace for his project with the tools he wants
• Complete inner loop is working in the new IDE: Code, Build, Run and Debug
• Java and NodeJS Supported (including Debugger)
• Complete support of K8S objects into workspaces
• Installation flow managed from the CLI

What's in Che 7 Beta:

• Workspace.Next finalization: Support all K8S objects
• IDE.Next: Plug-ins API and support for Java, Typescript, XML, YAML
• Plugin Broker
• DevFile Support
• Introduction of a new CLI
• Che-in-Che development
• Introduction of tests for Theia IDE
• Minimal experience refinements (Terminal, Dashboard, Configuration)
• Minimal set of documentation

What's not in Che 7 Beta:

• Implementation of a new dashboard to better fit with Workspace.Next and devfile changes
• Go, Python, PHP Support
• Pull Request plugin
• Complete CLI

Target: 5th February

Che 7 Beta Sub-tasks

Che OSIO

• Improving the Plugin Broker (WIP) Plugin Brokers Improvements #11980
• Introducing the VSCode Plugin Broker (PRs sent) Create VSCode extension broker for Theia #12026
  • Add VSCode extension broker che-plugin-broker#19
  • Add binding of VS Code extension broker for Che 7 #12149
  • WIP Add VS Code k8s extension che-plugin-registry#66
    However, Kubernetes VS Code extension will not work due to Remote Theia Plugins execute commands in Theia container instead of their own sidecar #12292
• Workspace.Next finalization: support K8S Deployment Support Deployment object in Kubernetes/OpenShift recipe #11505
• Workspace.Next finalization: support K8S ConfigMap Support ConfigMap object in Kubernetes/OpenShift recipe #11507
• Remote plugin runner should copy env vars when it starts plugin process Theia remote plugin runner should copy env vars when it starts plugin process #12298
• Workspace.Next finalization: support K8S Routes Support Route object in OpenShift recipe #11530
• Workspace.Next finalization: support K8S Template Support Template object in OpenShift recipe #11504
• Workspace.Next finalization: support K8S Secret Support Secret object in Kubernetes/OpenShift recipe #11508
• Allow multiple Che 7 workspaces to run at the same time It is not possible to run more than one Che 7 workspace at a time #12238
• Better support form devfile linked yamls REST API to create workspaces from a devfile #12572

IDE

• IDE should respect commands from runtime IDE should respect commands from Runtime #12053
• Workspace commands should be in Theia command palette Workspace commands should be in Theia command palette #12239
• Add new workspace:inject --kubeconfig command Add new workspace:inject --kubeconfig command che-incubator/chectl#31

IDE 2

• Theia Plugin APIs for Language (WIP) [plug-in] Languages API eclipse-theia/theia#2341
• Che specific Plug-in APIs (WIP) Add new "che" namespace to Plugin API to have dedicated APIs #11306 and Che Theia - CORS issue when Theia IDE client side browser trying to reach Che master #11240
• Minimal set of Theia terminal improvements (WIP) Minimal set of Theia terminal improvements for Che 7 #11789
• Minimal set of dashboard improvements Minimal set of dashboard improvements for Che 7 #11788
• Projects sync (cloned from Theia) to workspace definition (WIP) Che-theia: projects cloned in Theia are not synchronized back to Che workspace definition #12006
• Remote plugin can't call tool included into a sidecar container Remote Theia Plugins execute commands in Theia container instead of their own sidecar #12292
• Fix Che-Theia Extensions to work with latest upstream Theia Several extensions are broken with latest Theia che-theia#37
• Define and Document how to develop Che Theia and plugins with Che (WIP) Google doc
• Publish a nightly Che-Theia image and editor in the registry that uses nightly upstream Theia Update Theia image to the newer version (for example 0.3.19) che-theia#39
• Remove JDK and Java LS extension from Che-Theia Remove Java LS and the JDK from Che theia image che-theia#55
• Fix factories che-theia: factory, theia plugins are not loaded sometimes #12581

Languages

• Theia Plugin APIs for Debug Adapter Provide Plugin API for contributing Debug Adapters eclipse-theia/theia#2990
• LS and Debuggers as remote Theia plugins
• Java LS as plug-in Java Language Plugin eclipse-theia/theia#3778
• Java Debugger as plug-in Java Language Plugin eclipse-theia/theia#3778
• TypeScript LS and Debugger as plug-in Typescript Language Plugin eclipse-theia/theia#3767
• YAML LS as plug-in Run Yaml VSCode plugin as Che7 plugin #12142
• XML LS as plug-in [plug-in]Support VS Code XML Tooling eclipse-theia/theia#3317
• GO as plugin Golang Plugin #12145

Platform

• Devfile Support Support Devfile format to generate a workspace #11549
  • Devfile support in factory (WIP) Devfile support in factory #12186
  • Add ability to specify workspace environment in Devfile An ability to specify Kubernetes/OpenShift List as tool in Devfile #11906 (doc, PR1)
  • Factory flow should support k8s/OS tool in Devfile (WIP) Factory flow should support k8s/OS tool in Devfile #12266
  • Generate Devfile Spec documentation => Devfile Spec documentation generator #12272
  • Publish Devfile documentation on http://redhat-developer.github.io/devfile Publish Devfile documentation on http://redhat-developer.github.io/devfile #12524
  • Add support for docker image devfile tools Add support of dockerimage tool in Devfile #12389
  •  Add an ability to specify entrypoint for dockerimage tool in Devfile Add an ability to specify entrypoint for dockerimage tool in Devfile #12668
  •  Add an ability to specify entrypoint for dockerimage tool in OpenShift and Kubernetes Add an ability to specify entrypoint for kube and openshift tool in Devfile #12693
• wsmaster prometheus metric endpoint: Number of failed Workspaces startup [Metric] Number of failed workspace startup #12242

Deploy

• Operator for K8S and OpenShift Kubernetes Operator for Che deployment #11469
• chectl initial milestone Initial Milestone che-incubator/chectl#1
• Operator support for chectl Add operator as server:start and server:stop options che-incubator/chectl#23

Docs

• Get Started with Eclipse Che 7 RHDEVDOCS-917
• User How-to: Create a workspace from code sample
• User How-to: Create a workspace by import source code of your project
• Che Workspaces outline
• Creating Eclipse Theia Plug-ins with Eclipse Che outline
• Extending How-to: How to Add Support for a new language outline
• Extending How-to: How to Add Support for a new debugger outline
• Extending How-to: How to switch the default editor from Che, to another one outline
• Update the readme.MD and customizing.MD with the new information about Che-in-Che outline

Others

• Create Che 7 stacks New Che 7 Stacks #12620
• Release Che 7 Release of Che 7 Beta #12621

Che 7 GA Sub-tasks

IDE2

• Detect services that are listening to a port and propose to expose it On the go workspace config: detect if a service that is listening to a port and propose to expose it #12061 (Not Started / Not critical for Che 7 Beta)

IDE

• Finalize Kubernetes Plugin Support (WIP) Add Theia Plugin APIs to support VS Code Kubernetes Tooling  #10574
• Finalize OpenShift Plugin Support Add Theia Plugin APIs to support VS Code OpenShift Tooling #11488
• Rework Task extension to a plug-in [Theia][Plugin]Rework Task extension to Task plugin #11458
• wsmaster scalability issues: Output Endpoint Che Server rejects JSON RPC messages which may lead to losing events #11961

Languages

• Scalability Issues (Che-in-Che) Scalability Issues (Che-in-Che) eclipse-jdtls/eclipse.jdt.ls#865

Platform

• Take into account Plugins memory requirements when creating a workpsace Include sidecars memory into total memory of workspace on dashboard #11801
• Add more fields to the plug-in registry Handle more metadatas for the plugin viewer che-plugin-registry#71
• Integration of Plugin Viewer with Plugin Registry Integrate plugin-viewer #12373

QE

• Define the strategy to add tests on Theia (WIP) (Investigate e2e technologies for Thea Investigate e2e technologies for Thea #12204)
• Che in Che QE
• Test for Yeoman Generate plugins
• Scalability testing (WIP)

[garagatyi]

@slemeur what if we also create Che GA epic and put there everything we want for the GA to keep track of the stuff?

[garagatyi]

@ibuziuk @l0rd our team finished parts of Improving the Plugin Broker (WIP) #11980 that were needed for the beta/GA. Should we mark it as done?

[slemeur]

sure go ahead!

[garagatyi]

Since Florent self-assigned #12292 I moved it from others section to IDE2 team section which used to accommodate Florent's issues.