JESS: [Jess] Visual programming.

2008-05-28 Thread ivo jonker
Hello everyone, For my trainee-graduation-project i implemented Jess as a reasoner in a home-security/automation system. Now, part of the final phase of my assignment is to define a few new graduation-assignments for a follow-up trainee project. Now, i was wondering. Is there anything such as a

Re: JESS: [Jess] Visual programming.

2008-05-28 Thread Wolfgang Laun
Looking at the Jess Manual's Reference section, you can see the distinctions between (a) Jess Constructs and (b) Jess functions. (a) I can imagine that designing templates and left hand sides (for rules and queries) graphically could be nice to have. Graphics for templates would be very similar

Re: JESS: [Jess] Visual programming.

2008-05-28 Thread Peter Lin
Here's my 2 cents on visual rule programming. Building a visual programming tool for rules is feasible, but it depends on the scope. Take lego mindstorm for example. It uses icons to denote an action or sensor, when the program is load on the mindstorm control, it's converted to executable code.

Re: JESS: [Jess] Visual programming.

2008-05-28 Thread Jason Morris
Hi Ivo, I tend agree with Peter and Wolfgang that a Delphi-like or Visual Basic-like, drag-and-drop visual builder tool for general rule programming is not really needed -- besides, it's never going to be as comprehensive as simply writing raw code. However, what about tools that would assist

Re: JESS: [Jess] Visual programming.

2008-05-28 Thread Joaquín Cañadas
Hello, although it is not specific for Jess, this visual tool for rule modeling seems to be currently in development: Strelka - A Visual Rule Modeling Tool http://oxygen.informatik.tu-cottbus.de/rewerse-i1/?q=node/46 The manual says that Jess code can be generated. Maybe some of its authors