Unfortunately I haven’t done any SWT/Eclipse development at all. If someone knows Mike Schrag (the original creator of the Entity Modeler) he might have some insights into whether it’s a sensible path?
> On 11. jan. 2016, at 15:27, Michael Gentry <[email protected]> wrote: > > I was wondering if SWT made it easy/easier to do that. > > On Mon, Jan 11, 2016 at 10:23 AM, Hugi Thordarson <[email protected]> wrote: > >> EOF’s Entity Modeler is also provided as a standalone application. That >> seems like a winning situation, where the modeler can be run either within >> the Eclipse environment or as an app. >> >> - hugi >> >> >> >>> On 11. jan. 2016, at 13:50, Michael Gentry <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> >>> Well, using SWT doesn't mean it has to be an Eclipse plugin -- it can be >>> like Apache Directory Studio, which is a standalone application. >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Jan 7, 2016 at 10:02 AM, Gmail <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> One problem with moving to an eclipse platform/plugin is that it adds >>>> another barrier to adoption by devs who don't use Eclipse. We have a >> lot of >>>> IntelliJ IDEA users here. >>>> >>>> Tony Giaccone >>>> >>>>> On Jan 5, 2016, at 7:58 AM, Michael Gentry <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hi, >>>>> >>>>> I'd like to start a conversation about future improvements for CM. >>>>> >>>>> My current wish list: >>>>> >>>>> - Java Entities >>>>> - Class Level: >>>>> - Ability to add extra imports. >>>>> - Ability to add interfaces implemented. >>>>> - Ability to add JavaDoc. >>>>> - Ability to add annotations. >>>>> - Attribute Level: >>>>> - Ability to add JavaDoc. >>>>> - Ability to add annotations. >>>>> - Relationship Level: >>>>> - Ability to add JavaDoc. >>>>> - Ability to add annotations. >>>>> - Ability to drill-down through relationships.* >>>>> - DB Entities >>>>> - Table Level: >>>>> - Ability to add comments (for DBs that support comments). >>>>> - Column Level: >>>>> - Ability to add comments (for DBs that support comments). >>>>> - Relationship Level: >>>>> - Ability to add comments (for DBs that support comments). >>>>> - Ability to drill-down through relationships.* >>>>> >>>>> * Llike EOModeler, in the left-hand navigation pane. You could keep >>>>> expanding the relationship tree to expose other entities/relationships. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> We've also previously chatted a bit about if we even want to keep >>>>> maintaining the current form of CM. If we did want to overhaul the >>>>> implementation, what route should we go? >>>>> >>>>> - JFX (Seems like Oracle's ugly stepchild and I question their >>>> commitment >>>>> to it.) >>>>> - SWT >>>>> - Eclipse Plugin (The WOLips route.) >>>>> - Electron (Used by Atom and Visual Studio Code, among others.) >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Your thoughts greatly appreciated! >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Thanks, >>>>> >>>>> mrg >>>> >> >>
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