That's one hell of an idea, Angel! Plum V1.0 was originally going to ship with an associated utility called Methodology Manager (those of you on this list from earlier Beta cycles probably remember the command under the Utilities menu) that was going to visually build the Plum Diagrams automatically from the requirements gathering process, so that all your business processes were tied directly to ColdFusion pages and methods. It was also going to automatically place the security constraints everywhere and create the workflow path. We're probably still going to do this in a later release, but just not now.
Respectfully, Adam Phillip Churvis Member of Team Macromedia Advanced Intensive Training: * C# & ASP.NET for ColdFusion Developers * ColdFusion MX Master Class * Advanced Development with CFMX and SQL Server 2000 http://www.ColdFusionTraining.com Download CommerceBlocks V2.1 and LoRCAT from http://www.ProductivityEnhancement.com The ColdFusion MX Bible is in bookstores now! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Angel Stewart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2004 12:08 PM Subject: RE: [plum] DateTime controls > Yessss.. > *pumps fist in air* > > ^_^ > > Hopes it works out for developers who use the system. > :) > ... > ... > ... > Now...I have this other idea....Flash/Java based visual IDE concepts... > > Where you link CFCs together graphically in a 3D Hierarchy by moving colored > symbols around on a page. > And you form graphical links between each symbol that would represent the flow > of data and parameters. > > So people just need to write CFCs to a specification/framework, and any > developer can use them to program visually in a drag and drop style. > And it would be color coded..so Controllers would be red, views would be > green...Models could be blue...that sort of thing...or some totally different > seperation and distinction between code elements. > > A developer could double click a component and bring up a full featured > Coldfusion IDE with colorcoded stuff, make changes and the changes propagate > throughout the system. > > The IDE would be able to switch to 'Design' view for views. For example you > could set up a List View, a Search View, on one page..that wold be represented > by one 'Symbol'...but then you can further break down that symbol visually to > see the different view portions. I mean it would revolutionise programming!! > Reusability...Fully object oriented...and CFML based for the web! People will be > thinking in terms of objects without even realising it. It would be childs play > to 'sell' CFC packaged and just have someone Visually slap them into their code > systems. You could have the CSS styles as something on the side too...you move > into it...and it pops with a cool o/Bloink!/o sound and you SEE sample text with > all the CSS styles, or you see a demo of the page with all the CSS Elements. IF > you have a Table defined it shows a sample table with that style..cell with the > cell styles etc....you click on one of them and o/Bloink!/o it opens further and > you choose your values..say ok and o/Bloink!/o o/Bloink!/o o/Bloink!/o you're > back to your overall view of the application. > > For example if you develop a better View List CFC.A Plain jane who doesn't have > a flipping clue about CFCs , or CFARGUMENT can just take your stuff, replace her > VIewList symbol with your own, drag and drop the links to the dataoutput symbols > and voila! Her site is up and running with your new look, feel and > functionality! She never had to get down and dirty with a lot of text based > code, to achieve the simple task of assigning data elements to variables. > > The catch and the revolutionary part is making it all visual, instead of all > these sucky lists of files..and folders and stuff. We THINK visually, we see the > code connections or we end up drawing them out on paper with links between them > and blah blah...Why not DEVELOP that way from the start! > > I'm also thinking of how the system could work with a Direct X 3D interface with > Microsoft Longhorn in the future straight from the desktop,where you Fly thruogh > your code segments wearing VR Goggles and a Sensomatic Glove. > > So....Plum 1.1??Or...Or I have a name for it: ReVoLuTioN. > ^_^ > > So..whaddya think? > -Gel > > -----Original Message----- > From:Adam Churvis > > We've decided to take Angel's suggestion and implement an entry-tolerant time > field that reformats most attempts at entering a familiar date format into the > proper format. We're also going to implement the labels directly in the fields > (Day, Year, Time) and clear them when the user clicks in the field to enter a > value. > > We have this on the list for V1.1. Thanks for your input on this. > > Respectfully, > > Adam Phillip Churvis > Member of Team Macromedia > >
