Magellan User Interface(UI) is divided into the following areas:
Perspective Bar(A) – Located on the far left-hand side, this lets you switch perspectives such as Administration and Raw Metal.Menu Bar(B) – Located at the top, it provides common menus for all perspectives and additional menus unique to the perspective.Main View– Its layout is dependent on the selected perspective.
Raw Metal Perspective Layout
This is the main perspective of Magellan Builder and it adopts a common layout user interface and layout of an explorer on the left, showing all the files and folders you have access to, and an editor on the right, showing the content of the files you have opened.
It’s divided into the following areas:
Menu Bar(B) – Common to all perspectives and contains additional menus unique to the perspective.Button Bar(C) – Provides quick access to commonly used functionality.Resource Tree(D) – Contains different views of the project resources to assist with resource management and navigation.Editor Workspace(E) – The main area to edit your files. You can open as many editors as you like, but only one active editor.Right Panels(F) – Contains panels to show additional information about the resource (ie. form fragment or component) just opened, being edited or debugged such as its structure, debug information and documentation. It also contains the Test Run Variables panel to show the test variables as the test feature is being executed.Bottom Panels(G) – Contains panels for Git, debug console, application console, errors and warnings (alerts), resource usages or an integrated terminal.
Menu Bar
Project Menu– Displays list of configured Verne projects, in the left dropdown list, and a list of applications included in that project, in the right dropdown list. It allows you to select an application to work on.Raw Metal Menu– Provides quick access to functionality that is specific to Raw Metal perspective such as Index Configuration and Validate Service Forms.Settings– Allows you to switch Magellan themes such as Light and dark themes.Help– Provides quick access to keyboard shortcuts and to raise defect and enhancement Jira tickets for Magellan Builder.
Button Bar
Connection Settings– Allows you to alter the URL of the running application you wish to connect to for debugging. Note you only need to connect to themasterapplication and you should be able to use JSniper and debug other applications in the cluster or project.Connect / Disconnect– Connect or disconnect to the selected application to activate / deactivate debugging functionality such as JSniper.Save– Save the active file.Refresh– Refresh the Resource Tree and the editor workspace. Sometimes you need to refresh manually after switching to new a Git branch.File Search– Search for files in the current project.Content Search– Search for content against files in the current project.Previous Changed Location– Navigate to previous changed location in the active editor. Note if you have a block of contiguous changes, it will take you to the top of this block.Next Changed Location– Navigate to next changed location in the active editor.Previous Location– Navigate to previous location (all opened files).Next Location– Navigate to last location (all opened files)Resource Info– Shows the logical file structure of the current resouce being edited.Editor Settings and Themes– Allows you to change the editor settings such as font and editor themes.
Resource Tree
It’s used to browse, open, and manage all the files and folders (aka resources) in your current Verne project.
After selecting a Verne project and application, the project resources are loaded and shown in this Resource Tree. You can switch between the following views:
Merged and increments views
The main difference between the merged and increment views is the former is a logical view and the later is a physical view (ie. with the same folder structure as on the file system). This means you can not delete a folder or a merged resource in the logical view.
Editor Workspace
You can open as many editors as you like, but you can only have one active editor.
Right Panels
You can toggle the following panels by clicking on their corresponding buttons on the right button bar panel.
Form Fragment Tree– Shows the form fragment tree for a selected view node or SFI node.Service Transaction– Shows the service transaction details of a business service the user is interacting with.Weta Incidents– Shows weta incidents/events for a SFI node being monitored.Groovy Structure– Shows methods and member variables of a groovy file.Documentation– Shows documentation of a selected form fragment, component, platform rule or XSD element etc.Debug Variables– Shows debug variables when debugging a groovy script or an XML configuration.Text Compare–
Bottom Panels
You can toggle the following panels by clicking on their corresponding buttons on the botton button bar panel.
Git– Shows list of local changes for each project under Git.Debug– Groovy and XML debugging panel.Tests– Shows test execution results as tests being executed.Console– Application console used to output generated tests etc.Alerts– Shows any application or configuration validation errors or warnings etc.Usages– Shows usages of a selected form fragment or component etc.Service Form– Allows you to generate the resolved form of a business service without having to startup its Verne application.Terminal– Shows an integrated terminal console.
Administration Perspective Layout
This perspective allows you to setup Verne projects that you want to access in Magellan Builder, and it also provides other information such as the location of the log files.
It contains the following tabs:
Manage Project– Allows you to setup Verne projects that you want to access in Magellan Builder.My Applications– Allows you select an application within a Verne application cluster that you wish to work on.My Servers– Allows you to configure the application servers that you wish to connect to.Features– It lists all the cool features available.Help– Provides help information.Logs– Shows the location of log files.Keyboard Shortcuts– Provides all editor keyboard shortcuts.
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