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Re: [e4-dev] how to contribute to toolkit model ?
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Axel Rauschmayer wrote:
We should have a table comparing the differences between the two
approaches.
> Factors are:
I'm not sure we've ever agreed on which factors/features are important?
Will the XML even stick around after having instantiated the GUI?
You mean if the representation is "live", so you can change the GUI by
changing the representation, like you can with HTML+DOM+Javascript? I
thought that was a requirement?
XML or not can evoke a lot of emotions, which is why I like the DSL
analogy (I can't judge how well it fits, though).
The difference between XML and EMF DOMs have practical effects, it's not
just emotions. I've invested a lot of time on XML, and I was not happy
to abondon it.
The DSL analogy is good, and we should be able to discuss the language
part (model of UI) separate from the representation part (EMF or XML).
E.g. although we could perfectly well represent XWT with EMF (since EMF
can represent XML), we would still have the same abstract language
(object/constructor/member/parent/... nodes).
Hallvard
