Application Generation Blog
June 25, 2006 · 1 Comment
Peter Bell - a strong advocate of application generation techniques - is blogging so that should be a good one to watch! Thanx to Brian Rinaldi for pointing that out.
Peter has some very interesting ideas on code generation and is very passionate about it. You can always guarantee a good (and often heated!) discussion on a range of topics that includes frameworks, design patterns and metaprogramming.
Welcome to the blogosphere Peter!
Tags: architecture · coldfusion
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1 Peter Bell // Jun 25, 2006 at 3:32 PM
Many thanks for the mention. As well as application generation I'm also working up a "Building the Framework" series (because there is nothing to generate with the generator unless you have a well designed framework).
I think there are already a bunch of great community frameworks. My ORM code won't be as good as Reactor. My controller won't be as flexible as Model Glue. My factory won't be as sophisticated as ColdSpring. None of it will be as comprehensive as Fusebox.
That said, I think there is a real place for a "how to build a framework" where each of the major decisions that goes into building a framework is examined so people who are not yet using a community framework can at least see what goes into a framework and maybe make some more informed decisions on everything from their model API to their directory naming conventions.
Hopefully it'll start some interesting discussions.
Also look for plenty on Domain Specific Languages's, generative programming and the like. Application Generation is still the core!
Best Wishes,
Peter
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