Re: Language infrastructure (reloaded)

Ok, so no one seems interested in this topic then...

On Mon, Oct 24, 2016 at 1:55 PM, Jean-Marc Borer <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hello members,
>
> I know, it was already partly discussed in the thread
> http://forums.netbeans.org/viewtopic.php?t=65697&highlight=language+
> infrastructure
>
> I wanted to start porting my simple language stucture based on the book "Rich
> Client Programming: Plugging into the NetBeans Platform
> <http://www.amazon.com/Rich-Client-Programming-Plugging-NetBeans/dp/0132354802>"
> to a modern approach and try to document it as a or several tutorials.
>
> Reading through the thread again to refresh my memory, I will probably
> base my work on Quorum language (Thank yous Stefik) as well as what I can
> find at https://github.com/GeertjanWielenga/Python4NetBeans.
>
> I hope those projects use the "most" state of the art implementation for a
> new language support. @Stefik and Geertjan, do you agree with this
> statement?
>
> Now there are still some questions that I would like to be answered to be
> able to write a "clean" tutorial. Googling around and using information
> stored in my spongy memory ;), there is/were different language APIs in NB
> history.
>
> First there is the old "roots" way described in Rich Client Programming
> book that I used in the first place. Then there was Schliemann which seems
> to be discontinued. Then came GSF which is partly documented/used in the NB
> tutorials. But now it seems it is also becoming deprecated. Now there is
> CSL.
>
> Is CSL the new language infrastructure? It seems to have GSF parts in it,
> since the csl.api readme.txt fle still makes references to GSF.
>
> Now I am lost. Can someone here out explain me:
> 1) the history of the language infrastructures?
> 2) tell me what is infrastructure to use now (state of the art) and its
> name (I have a hint but would prefer that someone confirms my idea)?
>
> Help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Jean-Marc
>