By Dileepkumar Adari on 2025-05-16 13:43 in Google Summer of Code Joomla Team

Report Period: May 12–16, 2025

The Workflow Enhancements project Kick-Off-Meeting was held on May 11, 2025 and the first review meet on May 16, 2025. The meeting was attended by Benjamin Trenkle, Dileep Adari and Christiane Maier-Stadtherr. It was focused on project onboarding, understanding the Joomla! workflow system, and setting up the development environment. Initial meetings helped clarify goals and responsibilities.

What has been done throughout the week

• May 10 (Pre-week):

  • Attended the GSoC Contributor Onboarding Meeting with all project contributors and mentors.

  • Discussed overall project expectations and about the community.

• May 11 (Pre-week):

  • Held a one-on-one kickoff meeting to understand overall project goals, project scope, and priorities.

  • Got clarity on the direction of the Workflow Enhancements project.

• May 12:

  • Successfully set up the development environment.

  • Located all relevant files and components handling workflow transitions and state changes.

• May 13:

  • Explored the Joomla! codebase, with a focus on workflow features in the Administrator panel.

  • Started identifying the key files and logic behind workflow implementation.

• May 14:

  • Created rough notes and diagrams to visualize the workflow logic.

  • Started making a conceptual mapping of how workflows are triggered from the UI.

• May 15:

  • Worked on creating a structured flowchart for how workflows operate from its creation to usage in articles.

  • Began planning the layout and interaction model for a visual representation of workflows.

• May 16:

  • Met with mentor for a weekly progress discussion.

  • Shared insights from code exploration and discussed next steps.

  • Finalized approach to map the entire workflow and draft initial ideas for the graphical workflow builder.

Planned for Next Week:

• Complete the mapping of workflows including visual diagrams of process flow.
• Extract and document individual screen elements related to workflows.
• Continue collecting screenshots and UI flows for workflow stages and transitions.
• Begin drafting low-fidelity designs for workflow builder screens.
• Start working on the Category Transition Plugin:
  • Identify existing issues.
  • Enhance and raise pull request after review
• Plan and implement screens like:
  • Workflow selection
  • Transition management
  • Stage view