Rholang SDK 0.1

Goals:

Provide a mechanism for users to author Rholang smart contracts, compile and run these contracts on the Rosette C++ VM. 

Done when:

• Rholang contracts can be authored and compiled.
• RBL programs run on Rosette VM easily.
• Users can download a Docker image, install it and are up and running with their Rholang Dev environment to write contracts.

In more detail:

• Docker image that has the development environment pre-configured.
• Defects discovered in C++ Rosette may be deferred / addressed in Roscala

What is needed:

• Website: /wiki/spaces/RCHAIN/pages/126517249
  • What's unique about Rholang
  • Getting started documentation
  • Installation and running instructions
  • Rholang specification - Replaced with a 'what works and what doesn't document in readme.md
  • Pointed specific examples of contracts.
    
    • Existing examples authored by Kent:  https://github.com/rchain/rchain/tree/dev-kent-auction/rholang/examples
    • New examples authored by Mike - start with 'tut-' 
  • Contributing / getting involved section
  • Download link (location) - Comes with Docker
• Docker container that has Ubuntu 16.04 environment
• Rholang Compiler -Ubuntu 16.04 distribution
• Rosette C++ VM
• Recommended editors (and syntax highlighting for Emacs/Vim)

Other tasks:

Jeremy Busk

• Mailing list - Jeremy to advise if forum software provides mail list functionality.  Fewer discussion boards == better → Deferred for forums
• Create a GitHub repo for website code. - Deferred - Jeremy has backups
• Jeremy to get the empty forums configured → Coming soon
• Set up GitHub and deploy the site to the production environment. - Site is on the production environment, but the scripts are not configured.  Jeremy to do it next week - Deferred
• Jeremy Busk: Set the sites up in separate containers, and wiki documentation for the same.  Infrastructure as code.
• Create vanity urls

Medha Parlikar (Unlicensed)

• SDK package
• Docker mac testing done - Chris issued a PR with a fix.
• Tutorial: Finalized content from Mike - delayed until next week.
• iPad testing - Medha - tomorrow afternoon.
• Chrome, Safari -
• OSX testing - Safari, Chrome

Steve Werner

• Side Nav for Rholang tutorial- stub in for look and feel - Done today
• Updated Tutorial content to match: https://github.com/rchain/rchain/blob/master/rholang/doc/rholangtut-0.1.md - Done today
• Steve to do browser testing -after content push tomorrow afternoon
• Push fresh content tomorrow afternoon
• Hamburger menu for mobile. - Sub menus not working yet.
• Apply css to forum so it looks good. → Deferred
• Forum 'Coming Soon' Page
• SEO basic stuff -make sure google can crawl the pages
• Google analytics - get it configured and tested.
• See if we can incorporate the CoOp’s newsletter sign up.
• Define Vanity Urls

Daniel Grachanin (Unlicensed)

• Work on the FAQ - copy will be ready tomorrow.
• Define vanity urls

Launch Readiness Review:

• Is the code of high quality?

  • Has it been tested

  • What is the test program

    • Michael Stay (Unlicensed): Example contracts tested with compiler 

    • Medha Parlikar (Unlicensed): Example contracts tested in web Compiler & run in C++ Rosette
    • Michael Stay (Unlicensed): Tutorial code snippets tested with compiler

  • Are there any known issues with the product? Yes

    • Are these documented? - Yes - on Github

  • Are any of the known issues blockers? - No

  • Does the release build via CI nightly?

    • Rholang Compiler
    • Rosette
    • Rholang Web

  • Have built what we set out to build at the onset? Does the release match what we have communicated in the launch plan?

  • Is documentation ready?

    • Installation instructions for Docker - SDK
    • Updated rholang/ReadMe.MD on Github for changes recently made
    • Update rholang/ReadMe.MD on Github for SDK download & Run instructions

  • License the code will be released under. GPL v2: http://openjdk.java.net/legal/gplv2+ce.html 

  • Support program
    • Developer Forum.  Will need the URL in the release page & Github. - Forum coming soon - need a date when it will be ready.
  • Link to file issues:   https://rchain.atlassian.net/secure/CreateIssueDetails!init.jspa?pid=10105&issuetype=10103&versions=10012&components=10004&assignee=medha&summary=issue+created%20via+link

• Show the release to the membership

  • Trial run: In Dev Standup with Greg 

  • Forum: Community hangout

  • Review documentation about the release

  • Demo to Members

• Merge to Master
• Cut the release in Github

• Create Docker download link

• Publish to the web & Community