[Apache Mentoring Programme] [JavaScript]-only PDF Viewer Component
Project |
JavaScript-only PDF viewer component |
Student |
Charitha Madusanka Elvitigala |
charithccmc@gmail.com |
Proposal Title:
JavaScript-only PDF viewer component
Full Name:
Charitha Madusanka
Apache Project:
Tapestry
Name of Mentor:
Ulrich Stärk
Start Date:
01st of August 2010
Mid-term Evaluation Date:
15th of September 2010
End Date:
30th of October 2010
Deliverables:
JavaScript-only PDF viewer component for Tapestry 5
Detailed Description:
To render PDF into images I will plane to use java2D. Javaswinglabs provide PDF rendering library called Java PDF render (https://pdf-renderer.dev.java.net/). This library has a class called PDFRenderer (https://pdf-renderer.dev.java.net/nonav/demos/latest/javadoc/index.html) and it turns a set of PDF Commands from a PDF page into an image. I will do render the document pages-by-page, then contents shown to the user. This method is more efficient and accurate. Ajax is used to load the content asynchronously.
Project Plan:
Step 1: Initial Planning and Starting Implementation
I will make a rough design and start working on the code.
Step 2: Do the Implementation Continually
I would work on the rest of code. Deliverable(s): mid evaluation.
Step 3: Improvements and Testing
Modifications or improvements suggested at the mid evaluation would be completed in this step. Start to test component.
Step 4: Final Product and Documents
With the completion of this step, will finish JavaScript-only PDF viewer component for T5. Necessary documents would also be present with the final products. Deliverable(s): Final product and documentation.
About Mentoring Programme:
I am so confident that I can deliver a great contribution to the open source community through the participation of mentoring program. And also it would be a great opportunity to students to elicit and present their talents.
Number of Hours:
20 hours per week
Biography
I am Charitha Madusaka Elvitigala Computer Science undergraduate (3rd year) of University of Colombo School of Computing (UCSC), Sri Lanka. I have been involved in Open Source development regarding Web Services based on Apache Tapestry, axis2 and I have experience more with javaEE and Java Script.