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Re: [xtext-dev] Xtext Website
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Looks perfect to me.
I am trying to deliver the proof that it works in combination with GMF
during the next days...
Regards
Jan
Am 11.06.2009 um 20:37 schrieb Heiko Behrens:
Hey Guys,
I have commited a first version of the new Xtext-Website (http://www.eclipse.org/Xtext
). Its landing page is basically the migration of a flyer we have
produced recently. It is still hard to find a suitable feature list
and the screencast is not ready, yet. Your input is welcome (see
below). For this first working version these were my priorities:
a) it's up and running
b) link downloadable distro
c) no wrong information or broken links
d) acceptable content
Could you please double-check if we could go with this version? I
would then promoted the website via different channels (e.g.
redirect xtext.org, put links from the wiki, etc.). I will wait with
this till Friday night. As always, your feedback is welcome.
Regards,
Heiko
Begin forwarded message:
From: Heiko Behrens <heiko.behrens@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: 15. Mai 2009 11:20:23 MESZ
To: Xtext dev list <xtext-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [xtext-dev] Xtext Website
Thank you for your feedback again.
I will try to include your ideas and recommendations where
possible. So far, we will go with something similar to nova3.
Nevertheless, I need some help, still.
One key aspect of every landing page presented was the feature
list. What does make Xtext a great framework/tool? What are the
real killers when working with it? I would be glad if each of you
could name his favorite Xtext topics so I could make such a list
out of it.
Examples of such items could be:
* simple grammar language
* inferred meta model/binding of an existing mm
* code completion
* customizable outline view
* true EMF resource
* configurable with google guice
* ready-to-use code generation
* strong community (oAW)
Feel free to write more than some key words. I will distill these
items and combine your ideas to come up with a reasonable short
list in the end.
Thank you in advance,
Heiko
On 14.05.2009, at 15:20, Heiko Behrens wrote:
Hey Guys,
I have published three design drafts at
http://www.eclipse.org/Xtext/draft090514/20.html
http://www.eclipse.org/Xtext/draft090514/nova1.html
http://www.eclipse.org/Xtext/draft090514/nova3.html
Where the 2.0-Approach (20.html) tries to establish an "individual
look" compared to the other Eclipse citizens the other designs
rely on the recent Eclipse theme "Nova". Content-wise all three
drafts are comparable apart from the fact that nova3 brings a
short introduction screencast into play.
Please feel free to comment on these.
Cheers,
Heiko
On 12.05.2009, at 10:50, Heiko Behrens wrote:
Hey Folks,
within the next weeks we want to overhaul the users' first
impression of Xtext. This does not only affect the UI (e.g.
Wizards) or a ready-to-use distro but public material such as
documentation and the website as well. So far, only the wiki page
at http://wiki.eclipse.org/Xtext informs the first-time user
about Xtext's capabilities. To improve this situation I want to
establish a face-lifted web appearance of Xtext that resides at http://www.eclipse.org/Xtext
. If have already discussed this topic with some of you and
clarified some technical issues with the webmasters of
eclipse.org. We will be able to provide a custom design, present
off-site links to the oAW Distribution and do other fancy (php-
based) stuff as well if we want to.
If have collected a few items that outline this effort and I
would highly appreciate feedback.
First step: A Landing page
• Appealing Look
• Short description about Xtext in general
• (Screenshot / Diagram ?)
• Easy to find download link
• Documentation
• Professional Support (non annoying)
• Key Features
• Note for irritated Xtext oAW users
• Status (latest commit, twitter, blog headlines) to appear fresh
Second, a restructured web page the conforms to these ideas
• Landing Page (see above)
• Documentation
• online version of documentation
• tutorials (n minute)
• screencasts
• DSL examples
• other resources (such as articles or noteworthy blog posts)
• Testimonials or "Users that are impressed by Xtext"
• Support
• Newsgroup
• Bugzilla
• Off-Link to "Professional Support"
• Contribute / Developer
• Team (People behind the scenes, short bio?)
• Wiki
• JavaDoc, JUnit-Reports
• Sources
• Metrics
Please feel free to comment this list. In the next days I will
send around some design documents to feed the discussion.
@itemis kiel: Tomorrow morning I will be at the office. How about
a short discussion based on the current designs?
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