Eclipse plugin vs. seperate Modeler GUI

From: Øyvind Harboe (oyvind.harbo..ylin.com)
Date: Wed Aug 24 2005 - 13:41:14 EDT

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    What are interesting differences between these approaches?

    Some attempts at answering this question below:

    - Turnaround time. Example of how I imagine adding a field to a record
      to a database:
            1. From Java code on foo.setBar(), press alt-Fx to jump into
               Cayenne XML file at the spot for the Foo class.
            2. Right click menu
            3. Add field
            4. Wizard to choose type, name, and whether to create field
               in database

    - Quick fixes. Simply type "foo.setBar()" and the quickfix will launch
      you directly into the wizard to do the above.

    - Improved workflow. Compare the above to launching the Cayenne modeler
      and then navigating to the right spot, updating classes, database,
      return to Eclipse, refresh, rebuild, etc.

    - Interactive learning about the Cayenne XML format much as in Spindle

            

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