Hi Ed, Just because I'm curious:
>> However you may choose to follow my example of keeping all non-text >> functionality in Java base classes so that you only use Xtend as a template >> language and plain Java for all other things. Why do you find that helpful? Regards, Sebastian On 22.10.2013, at 16:23, Ed Willink wrote: > Hi Doug > > Xtend is many things, and so it is easy to get misled by today's hype. > > Xtend is not a Java language extension; it has many similarities but > significant differences too; beauty is in the eye of the beholder. > > One of Xtend's really useful features is its triple quote operator that > allows you to embed a text template within Java-ish code. Within the > templates you can use guilemets to have inner control, so overall Xtend > supports control within text within control; very powerful, and the > whitespace tooling in the editor is good too. > > For text-intensive code I can strongly recommend Xtend. However you may > choose to follow my example of keeping all non-text functionality in Java > base classes so that you only use Xtend as a template language and plain Java > for all other things. > > Regards > > Ed Willink > > On 22/10/2013 14:50, Doug Schaefer wrote: >> Xtend is a Java language extension, no? I'm talking about a template engine >> that we use in the new project wizard to instantiate code templates based on >> various user selectable options. >> >> I was originally thinking of Jet, but I can't seem to find it anymore. >> Whatever happened to it? >> >> Doug. >> >> From: Henrik Rentz-Reichert <[email protected]> >> Reply-To: Cross project issues <[email protected]> >> Date: Tuesday, 22 October, 2013 2:43 AM >> To: Cross project issues <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [cross-project-issues-dev] Freemarker >> >> Doug, >> >> have you considered using Xtend? >> >> -Henrik >> >> Am 21.10.2013 21:47, schrieb Doug Schaefer: >>> Has anyone tried to get Freemarker into Orbit? Or is there a better >>> template engine that people are using. CDT has it's own but I'd like to use >>> something more standard (and better). >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Doug. >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> cross-project-issues-dev mailing list >>> [email protected]https://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/cross-project-issues-dev >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> cross-project-issues-dev mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/cross-project-issues-dev >> >> >> No virus found in this message. >> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >> Version: 2014.0.4158 / Virus Database: 3614/6769 - Release Date: 10/21/13 >> > > _______________________________________________ > cross-project-issues-dev mailing list > [email protected] > https://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/cross-project-issues-dev
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