| [e4-dev] RFC: IDE GUI, alternative development workflow |
Hello, I want to ask you whether the project can incorporate a different development workflow. Can the project set a standardtized GUI for web development? I'm attaching a mockup (VPLdesign.png) of what the VPL can look like. Do you think the following system will be useful: It should not be language specific. Javascript will collect the designed database, output and logic (functions, methods, classes) which are defined visually by dragging and dropping. I'm attaching another file (decision_graphs.png) to illustrate how even the basic logic can be made visually. The collected info will be used for code generation. The code generation is preferably done by javascript - this way minimum effords should be made to integrate the GUI for a new language. JavaScript will read YAML files that store the mapping - templates for database definition, model definition, function/ethods usage and dependancies mapping. Only the mapping should be language-specific. Main benefits of this approach are: - you are not writing code, everything is more native, less errors can be made - autocalculation of dependencies (if you dragged in a method to send email then the email library should be included in the project) - makes high level of abstraction more comprehendable as all the logic and its context are on the screen Main developer interaction is by dragging and dropping which can create links/wires (see http://neyric.github.com/wireit/ for reference). The screen real estate (the workspace) is managed by panning and similar approach as Code bubbles (http://www.cs.brown.edu/people/acb/codebubbles_site.htm). Method and function parameters become slots where you can drop data. Kind Regards, Anton Stoychev, Internet Engineer
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