On Feb 22, 2010, at 4:12 PM, Ruth Hoffman wrote: > Hi Jacques: > IMHO, there is nothing productive about trying to write procedures using XML.
IMO Minilang is very productive. > I'd really like to see the Mini-Language facility augmented with support for > something like Groovy, Bean Shell or PHP. Do you think that is possible? You can already develop services in different languages; and of course it is possible (and quite easy) to extend the framework to add new service engines for additional languages. > Those who like using XML can continue to do so. Those who prefer to use a > tool more suited to writing procedures would have another option. Yes, this is the philosophy of OFBiz. Kind regards, Jacopo > Regards, > Ruth > > Jacques Le Roux wrote: >> For the same reason Java is not used. Once you get a grasp on it you >> understand why it's there: productivity. >> >> http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OFBIZ/Mini-Language+Guide#Mini-LanguageGuide-introduction >> >> >> Jacques >> >> From: "Christopher Snow" <sno...@snowconsulting.co.uk> >>> I was wondering why groovy is not used for service code instead on minilang? >>> >>> Any thoughts? >>> >>> Many thanks, >>> >>> Chris >>> >> >>
