RE: [gmt-dev] evolving GMT in a fully open process that allows others to

["Ghica van Emde Boas" <emdeboas@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,
Evolving FUUT-je by no means implies to exclude other tools like
architectureware generator.
The idea was (is) to set up a workflow environment where tools could
participate in the workflow of doing model driven development. So far, I
have downloaded the architectureware generator tool twice, and twice I could
not figure out how to start. I am pretty sure that other people have the
same problem with FUUT-je.

The major problem we face is that using open-source tools is hard because
the installation procedures may not be very straightforward and the
documentation may be lacking. To convince me to start on a tool, it must
promise me considerable rewards. Therefore I do use Eclipse, Java, Apache,
Xerces, PHP, MySQL and a few others. Many things I just download, and if I
do not understand what it is about in 5 minutes, I will forget about it. I
think we have a chicken-and-egg problem here.

Regards,
Ghica van Emde Boas
Bronstee.com Software & Services b.v.
e-mail: emdeboas@xxxxxxxxxxxx,
tel: +31 23 5474422,
or: +31 6 53368747 (mobile)
fax: +31 23 5473347


> -----Original Message-----
> From: gmt-dev-admin@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:gmt-dev-admin@xxxxxxxxxxx]On
> Behalf Of Markus Völter
> Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2004 6:23 PM
> To: gmt-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: Thomas Stahl
> Subject: Re: [gmt-dev] evolving GMT in a fully open process that allows
> others to join the effort
>
>
> > As we discussed I think it's now a good time to start to use the GMT
> mailing
> > list to start evolving GMT in a fully open process that allows others to
> > join the effort. Up to now we've been able to make good progress, but
> > without much external visibility ;-)
>
> I am really looking forward to get to know the details :-)
>
> I don't want to "bash" on Fuut-je, specifically, since I
> do not know the tool. I just wanted to point your attention
> to the architectureware generator, for two reasons:
> 1) it is a very powerful metamodel-based generator. However,
>     this is not my point here. The reason why I point to the tool
>     here and now is, that
> 2) it has a very nice Eclipse integration. Specifically, it provides
>     - syntax highlighting for templates
>     - metamodel-aware code completion
>     - a powerful template browser providing serveral views on
>        the templates
>     - more...
>
> So, what I would be really interested in, is to understand, what
> the *integration* aspect of GMT would look like. Is there some
> documented API for that? How can I plug in a generator tool
> into the GMT tool chain?
>
> Thanks,
> Markus
>
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