Re: Eclipse plugin vs. seperate Modeler GUI

From: Kevin Menard (kmenar..ervprise.com)
Date: Wed Aug 24 2005 - 13:56:39 EDT

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    Ahh, now I have more of an idea of what you had in mind.

    Thanks,
    Kevin

    On Aug 24, 2005, at 1:41 PM, Øyvind Harboe wrote:

    > 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
    >
    >
    >
    >
    > --
    > Øyvind Harboe
    > http://www.zylin.com
    >
    >



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