I've been thinking about how to help folks become productive - faster
with Turbine. I really think Turbine is a great Framework and I'd
like to see it catch on even more than it has. But, I believe in order
for that to happen, you've got to really make things easy for
developers ( we're a lazy bunch).
So, with that in mind, here's what I've been thinking about
adding on top of the application generation utility from the wish
list.
Turbine Developer's Kit (TDK)
Goal: Ease development with and installation/setup of Turbine.
How: Bundle Turbine with a configured copy of Tomcat and instantdb.
This would allow user to quickly setup and try out Turbine with out
having to do the Servlet engine setup, DB setup etc.... This also
provides an ideal enviroment for the programmer on the go. This and a
JDK is all that's needed to develop/prototype apps on a laptop/PC.
Besides having the Servlet engine and DB for development, you'd also
have the application generation utility. It would help you:
1. Setup the directory structure for a new application.
2. Create the build.xml for compiling the new app.
3. Configure Tomcat to test out the application.
4. Maybe add a deployment option to generate any needed files when you
move your app to production.
Is this worth the effort?
Would anyone find this useful?
--
dave
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