Re: [Sunuml-developers] Language

[Aidar T. <ata...@ya...>]

Hi, 

1. Language and tools
I tend to favor Python :) but I am biased as I use it at work every day ( with a a lot of C++).
wxWidgets and wxPython both are mature stable products.
Why don't we try.
As for IDE for Python as I found out that Eclipse + PyDev make a good IDE.
You get SVN, project support, Python syntax highlighting, on-the-fly compilation ( no more identation errors!), code completion, refactroring support, debugger, unit testing. 
For UI development for wxWidgets I prefer wxFormBuilder (http://wxformbuilder.org/) and .XRC files are very good for other languages translation.
Note that current version of wxPython doesn't support Python 2.6 yet.

2. SunUML features
As It is a fork of the existing project I beleive we must remain compatible, i.e. existing .uml files must be readable/converted.
I think our first goal should be to build a functional equivalent of  StarUML, but not a port of StartUML :)
The second goal is to build a superior product - here team support comes as an example.

BTW, has anyone looked at http://www.evolus.vn/Pencil/Home.html - it is an interesting tool for building diagrams/prototyping UI etc.
It is Gecko based - runs in Mozilla Firefox or standalone.

3. Time commitment
This is a difficult question.
I should be able to spend several hours during weekends working on the project.
Maybe some time during the week.

Regards,
Aidar aka AIDS