On Wed, 2005-08-24 at 15:19 +0400, Andrus Adamchik wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> Cayenne Eclipse plugin is a good idea. I toyed with it a while back,
> but decided it wasn't realistic given my other commitments. So the
> hope is in the community....
>
> > - Be like Spindle.
>
> Why? No offense to Spindle (without it Tapestry development would've
> been a *real* pain), but you'd use XML editor so often not because it
> is so good, but rather cause there is no WYSIWYG editor.
My thinking is that that .xml "view" should be made a first class
citizen, just like the the WYSIWYG editor. I already have the Cayenne
modeler. Converting it to SWT and integrating it into Eclipse does not
excite me much.
Stuff like "add field to table" or "rename field in table" w/automatic
update of database, classes & Cayenne XML files, that would make a real
dent in the bookkeeping chores. With JettyLauncher there would be no
need to restart the debug session even :-)
The .xml file's provide some capabilities that are not easily achieved
with a GUI:
- compare versions. Vital part of revision control.
- it tells the entire story. It is very hard to go over everyting via a
GUI from A-Z.
- the help available while editing .xml files(as in Spindle) provides
another vector to deliver documentation to the developer for what
capabilities are availble.
-- Øyvind Harboe http://www.zylin.com
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