Wally > Another feature I would like to see is the ability to link in > HTML form prototypes with the fusedocs so a real prototype can be > presented to the users.
I'm planning to allow you to have special fusedoc and "snippet" elements. The snippet elements actually hold html code that can be imported or linked to dynamically (just like in a desktop publishing package). On export of the strucute, the fusedocs, html and branching code statements are combined to make display, action or query pages by the application. With the fusedocs, they can all be gathered into a single XML application or even possibly exported to PDF. > There appears to be two groups in the Fusebox camp. One likes to > show a Picture show of the Look and Feel of how the system will > look to the user. The other wants to present a text only > framework to the users showing functionality without pictures. > It should be simple to link both. You're correct. In fact the representation that the user has of the current system should merely be a view into the structure of the system. It should follow the Model-Adaptor-View model so that at any point the view can change to allow different representation of the model. The Adaptor classes then deal with translation and communication between the Model and the View. When I teach software design I try to make sure that people understand this model as it's a more powerful model for their software. > ADALON does not have this yet although it would be simple for > them to add in the future. I have talked with the marketing and > technical people at Synthis reporting bugs and asking questions > and they have been very responsive. > > ADALON is also going to grow in that it is working around a > design methodology (that is highly Fusebox centered) and that is > targeted from the beginning at several different development > languages. It creates a Java framework already, although I am > unqualified to evaluate how well. ADALON itself is coded in Java, though I'm not sure which edition. Most of my work these days in Java so I'm going to poke around ADALON to see how effective it is in creating J2EE code. My main focus right now though is to make a Fusebox-only tool that will operate on any platform and export to initially CF, PHP and ASP. Other languages will be added as drop-in modules. > The Fusebox method is well established with the PCH developers > and no-doubt ADALON will be adaptable to that camp as well. > However cost will be a big factor in that camp as they are > open-source and $500 per chair will not fly well with that group. Borland ran into this problem when they release Kylix (Delphi for Linux). They initially priced the Desktop Developer version at $999. Very few people bought it at that price (I did though). They then realized that open source users don't want to pay that much and they dropped the price to $299 or so. Many developers then bought it and it's getting used heavily. I'm considering the following as a pricing system: Commercial ========== * Developer edition (desktop only) $100 Doesn't allow the use of networked asset manager, editions etc * Enterprise edition (networked multiuser) - $500 - 5 users +$50 per extra seat Allows the use of networked asset manager, editions of sites, and many other features. Personal ======== * Personal Edition - Free for personal use, but with some stripped down features, such as only exporting to one language. -- Jason Paul McCartan - [EMAIL PROTECTED] ______________________________________________________________________ Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
