Hi, You are very much welcome to help us. We are working with two focus areas right now: - GUI DSL - RCP dialect of the GUI
It is with the GUI DSL we will be able to customize the client. The GUI DSL is work in progress and we are moving forward step by step. Still a lot left to do, and a lot of ideas of what could be done, but we will deliver an initial version with limited functionality. http://fornax-platform.org/cp/display/fornax/GUI+DSL http://www.fornax-platform.org/tracker/browse/CSC-151 The status of the RCP GRUD GUI is that before an initial release we need to complete i18n, error handling, customization and polish. http://fornax-platform.org/cp/display/fornax/Rich+Client The GUI DSL will be useful for customization, but I also intend to make it possible to extend the generated default with hand written pieces. We need your ideas and enthusiasm. I would be happy to evolve the design, functionality or whatever details you might have an opinion about. Would you like to start with some concrete tasks related to the RCP sub project? /Patrik Hasan Ceylan wrote: > > Hello All, > > I have been considering to start a generator project for some time and > finally got down to it. I started by investigating what was already > available around and came all the way from EMF to oaw and now to Fornax. > > My main motive was to > a) establish a model, implement checks and conversions, then a common > communication framework with the server > b) Create an authorization / authentication on top of model and server > (Server side and client side) > c) Create a model for UI generation especially targeted at Eclipse RCP > framework. > > Now, I see that most of the stuff has been taken care of you guys. I too > was planing to base my design / development environment on eclipse + maven > + subversion. OAW came later as it looked the best code generation > framework amongst what I have looked into so far and frankly GMF alone is > a very good reference. > > What I am expecting from RCP code generation is A GUI that > - Creates a flow of work with some visual tasks defined group and filtered > based on user role > - Moreover this tasks can be filtered based on perspectives (used as > application modules) > - Data entry is based on a common validation and editor framework > - User is assisted during data manupulation with eclipse cheat sheets > - Overall application developed is easily extensible with downstream > plugin contributors as in eclipse osgi case. > > Now, I would like to ask couple of questions if I may > > - What is the status of the RCP generator and is there a time plan? > > - I followed the RCP tutorial all the way to the end. I managed to get the > RCP working. But I was surprised to see that there was no code > instructions to manipulate the way the UI and application was created. > Just to check, where should I look to influence code generation? > > - I have a lot ideas and enthusiasm. Is there a room for one more > developer in your project? Can I be part of the RCP sub project? > > Regards, > Hasan Ceylan > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/RCP---Questions-tp20306849s17564p20310850.html Sent from the Fornax-Platform mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Fornax-developer mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fornax-developer
