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| Re: Is Xtext right for me? [message #1016657 is a reply to message #1016343] |
Thu, 07 March 2013 09:32  |
 Henrik Lindberg
Messages: 2509
Registered: July 2009 |
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On 2013-07-03 2:43, Steve Kallestad wrote:
> I feel like I fell down a rabbit hole.
>
> I have an application that I want to script. Basically, instead of
> writing a set of code for the 10 different things I want to do, I'll
> have it iterate through the commands in a given file and execute them.
>
> The scripts are pretty simple at the moment. Simple enough to write my
> own parser in a night.
>
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> MyFirstTask Simple{
> DoThis("WithParam")
> DoThat("DifferentParam")
> DidItWork
> }
>
>
> I started yesterday and decided Antlr was a pretty good thinking-forward
> solution. Eventually adding loops, multiple parameters, etc. will be
> desired.
>
> I spent a day learning antlr, playing with the eclipse ANTLR IDE and
> AntlrWorks, and frustrating myself struggling to learn enough jargon to
> understand the tutorials.
>
> I had a fleeting thought that Syntax Highlighting and auto-completion
> would be desirable and that led me to XText. I went through the 5 and
> 15 minute tutorials and I must say that I wish I had found XText first!
>
> But... before I go another day pushing off what should already be
> completed I thought I should ask the community - is this right for me?
>
Yes, unless possibly if you are fluent in writing editors/editor
features in Eclipse (and even then, support for all the features that
you get from Xtext will take a long time to implement manually).
> XText is fantastic, but it's pretty darn complex.
The alternatives have all the complexities elsewhere.
> Given that my requirements at the moment are pretty simple is it worth
> the time and energy it will take to get to step 1.
Yes.
> Or is there maybe another simpler solution that will be enough for now?
Write your scripts in an existing language perhaps.
- henrik
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