Ed Leafe wrote:
On Jun 6, 2006, at 12:44 PM, Paul McNett wrote:
Write a tool to convert a cdxml class into a .py file (generated
Python code).
dabo.lib.DesignerXmlConverter.py does just that. The dump of that
conversion is the CLASSTEXT.py debugging detritus that is currently left
behind.
Comments on this idea?
For a one-time tool, this would work. But how many times has your
initial UI design remained etched in stone? Once you do this conversion,
you're stuck with making all future changes in code.
No, it wouldn't. You'd be saving your design in the cdxml file, but
importing from the equivilent of CLASSTEXT.py. So, you change your
design, re-run the cdxml->py conversion, and voila, your modified design
is live next time you run your app.
I think that this is something that we should not be focusing on.
The spirit of open source development says that if someone finds this
important, they should take it upon themselves to invest the time. I
want to focus on developing tools for the vast majority of developers,
instead of getting sidetracked into individual preferences. How many
VFP, VB, Access, Filemaker, Delphi, etc., developers have you heard
complain that they have to edit their UI code in that tool's IDE? Only
people coming from a "do it all in code" background would be concerned
about such things.
I wasn't implying that I wanted you to do the work, just asking for
comments from the group regarding the idea.
We are at a point with Dabo that we could almost attract some of those
types of developers that 'do it all in code', but we are kind of far
away from attracting the VB-types still. If we can make it so designs
can be edited visually, but people can still use whatever editor or IDE
or debugger they like, then even if that is a temporary solution it is
better if it attracts people like Alex and makes them want to invest
more time into developing apps with Dabo. Furthermore, if much of the
machinery is already written anyway...
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Paul McNett
http://paulmcnett.com
http://dabodev.com
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