[Typo3-dev] Code generation library

[dan frost]

> 
> UML inspireing a whole cascade of very abstract flashes of genious
> 

And ( i have to say ) various other "good 
practice" guides / models...

>>
>> Make sense?
>>
> 
> Wow, I am impressed cause only understood half of it. But it gives me a 
> taste of the possibilities of UML ...

And (see above) other good practice...

> 
> So when do we get the whole UML Model of TYPO3?
In current or similar form: don't bother. The work 
to model TYPO3 as-is is far above the work to 
rebuild using standard patterns / architecture. 
(IMHO).


> But let's get earnest. UML is the one trick, the other is unit testing. 
> Makes it any sense to combine this in the one or other way? Unit tests 
> generated out of UML?
> 

Ok - i think we're talking at cross-purposes.

We need a kit, yes. Code generation + management 
is only one part. Others are unit testing, agile 
programming (technique of..), UML, fully OOP 
practices, use of other emerging techniques - e.g. 
AOP - where useful (i.e. reduces the amount of 
programming you have to do).

So: my code generation is just one part. It isn't 
even part of a "new" core, or a "new" architecture 
of TYPO3.

It's like this: I've made a digger so that this 
time we (/TYPO3 developers / TYPO3 core..) don't 
have to use just spades. (Simplistic, but perhaps 
you get my point.) BUT, even better that just one 
digger, if you don't like parts of the digger you 
can use the digger to make a better digger... 
Developing the tools is as fast as developing the 
software.

dan