I like merge-flow and legacy-flow

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> On Oct 18, 2013, at 6:59 PM, Carlos Santana <csantan...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Cross Platform -> use Merge Flow
> 
> Single Platform -> use Legacy Flow
> 
> Using "Multi Platform or Cross Platform" is also fine
> 
> Using "Flow or Mode" is also fine
> 
> 
>> On Friday, October 18, 2013, Brian LeRoux wrote:
>> 
>> Ya, to me the difference is that one workflow embraces the native platform
>> and tooling (plugman and bin/scripts) while the other focuses on building a
>> web project (cli/merges/etc).
>> 
>> As a dev, if I'm ONLY worried about one platform (like a Cordova
>> implementor or many of our community folk) then bin/scripts suffices. As
>> soon as I'm concerned with more than one platform the CLI workflows kick
>> in. That was the use case anyhow.
>> 
>> 
>> On Fri, Oct 18, 2013 at 3:21 PM, Steven Gill <stevengil...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> Brian suggested Project Development (CLI workflow) vs Platform
>> Development
>>> (bin/scripts)
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Fri, Oct 18, 2013 at 3:09 PM, Steven Gill <stevengil...@gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> We need more suggestions!
>>>> 
>>>> Anis suggested picking to arbitrary names that don't reflect the
>>> workflows
>>>> but would be easy to refer to.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On Fri, Oct 18, 2013 at 12:41 PM, Michal Mocny <mmo...@chromium.org
>>>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> I use the IDE with the CLI and hope to make it better.
>>>>> 
>>>>> In my mind, the old way is for making platform modifications, and the
>>> new
>>>>> way threads platforms/ as a build artifact.
>>>>> 
>>>>> If you must control the platform code, you sacrifice easy upgrades and
>>>>> ease
>>>>> of multi-platform development, but gain control.
>>>>> If you want to use the CLI, you lose the ability to make modifications
>>> to
>>>>> directly platform code without worrying about the implications.
>>>>> 
>>>>> -Michal
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Fri, Oct 18, 2013 at 3:18 PM, Steven Gill <stevengil...@gmail.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> I like that better.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I know that both methods use the command line, but the cordova-cli
>> has
>>>>> cli
>>>>>> in its name! We call the tool the cordova-cli so it might be more
>>>>> confusing
>>>>>> going away from that and calling it anything else. Not saying we
>>>>> shouldn't
>>>>>> be open to a name change though just because we called it X since
>> its
>>>>>> inception (or am I saying that? :P).
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> When we write the docs about the other workflow (bin/create,
>> plugman),
>>>>>> maybe making the IDE an integral part of it would make it make more
>>>>> sense
>>>>>> calling that workflow IDE. Just a thought.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On Fri, Oct 18, 2013 at 12:09 PM, Jesse <purplecabb...@gmail.com>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> IDE or cordova-cli ??
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> @purplecabbage
>>>>>>> risingj.com
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On Fri, Oct 18, 2013 at 12:02 PM, Steven Gill <
>>> stevengil...@gmail.com
>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> I think SinplePlatform vs MultiPlatform is misleading because
>> you
>>>>> can
>>>>>> use
>>>>>>>> the CLI to do single platform development.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> On Fri, Oct 18, 2013 at 11:51 AM, Jesse <
>> purplecabb...@gmail.com>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> SinglePlatform vs MultiPlatform makes the most sense to me.
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> SinglePlatform = Focus on a single platform, and use plugman
>> and
>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>> platform scripts directly. Useful when you only have that
>>>>> particular
>>>>>>>> device
>>>>>>>>> to test on, or only have access to that device's marketplace.
>>>>> Also
>>>>>>>> useful
>>>>>>>>> for platform developers who are focused primarily on the
>> native
>>>>> code.
>>>>>>>>> ( aka DivideAndConquer )
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Carlos Santana
> <csantan...@gmail.com>

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