+1 Sounds great. Cheers,
Wim On Wed, Jul 5, 2017 at 3:50 PM, Carsten Reckord <reck...@yatta.de> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > A few weeks back, Yatta launched a new experiment called "Sandbox for > Eclipse" on GitHub[1]. We would like to contribute this project to the > Eclipse Foundation and continue it there. We've discussed the project from > early on with Lars. He suggested to make it a part of the e4 project, since > it mostly touches on core Eclipse IDE aspects, and the incubator would give > us the necessary flexibility for its further development. > > You can read more about the idea behind Sandbox for Eclipse at [2]. > Essentially, we stripped down the Eclipse IDE to the barest minimal text > editor, with the goal to build a lean code editor product from the ground > up, focusing strongly on good UX and using (mostly) existing Eclipse > technology. Our plan is to extend this Sandbox Eclipse step by step, driven > by user feedback as well as analysis of popular light-weight editors like > Atom, Notepad++ or vs.code. Every change is to be driven by centering on > the best possible user experience, and the intention of the project is to > be able to roll out UX concepts and experiments and get feedback quickly. > > We expect a lot of the work on this project to come in the form of > configuration, assembly, and of course product management. Code > contributions will most likely be mostly for other Eclipse projects to fill > in gaps, solve UX issues or improve integration. > > Of course we also want to ship a useful product/package to end-users. > Right now, the - quite limited - text editor on GitHub is just a starting > point that's mostly of interest for potential contributors, but over time, > this should develop into an actual useful, lean editor in the vein of Atom > or Notepad++ (actually, that's a quite crucial part in order to elicit good > feedback from end-users). > > What do you think? Would the E4 incubator make a good home for this? > > Best, > Carsten > > - > [1] https://github.com/YattaSolutions/eclipse-sandbox > [2] https://medium.com/@YattaSolutions/introducing-the-eclipse-sandbox- > 15053bd01421 > > -- > Yatta Solutions GmbH > - Carsten Reckord - > > t +49 69 2475666-33 > f +49 69 2475668-0 > e reck...@yatta.de > > Office Frankfurt a.M. > Mainzer Landstraße 50 > 60325 Frankfurt a.M. > > Office Kassel > Universitätsplatz 12 > 34127 Kassel > > Seat, Trade Register: > Registered seat: Kassel > Amtsgericht Kassel, HRB 14720 > VAT-ID DE263191529 > > Management: > Johannes Jacop > > Contact: > t +49 69 2475666-0 > f +49 69 2475668-0 > e i...@yatta.de > > > _______________________________________________ > e4-dev mailing list > e4-dev@eclipse.org > To change your delivery options, retrieve your password, or unsubscribe > from this list, visit > https://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/e4-dev >
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