Re: agx: Moving forward

Martin Aspeli wrote:
> Daniel Nouri <daniel.nouri@...> writes:
> 
> 
>>I can live with a UML model if its *complementary documentation*.
> 
> 
> It's interesting that you seem so interested in taking Gensis forward when you
> also seem to be in the camp for whom model-driven development isn't the right
> approach. :-)

The context of my statement was that ArchGenXML isn't the right tool for
the job.  And that UML diagrams alone do not make a documentation.

> I'd just again suggest that you offer a little more modest advice rather than
> complain so loudly about the way things have been done to date. I'm sure Reinout
> would find it easier to act on advice that was worded constructively rather than
> simply pronouncing that the code isn't yet in a very stable or even properly
> designed phase (not so surprising) and that the method the design has been
> progressed with to date doesn't suit you (fair enough). Not that you haven't
> *also* done this, but it's easy to take the tone of what you write the wrong
> way, and thus lose any valuable insight you offer.
> 
> I very much doubt the intention is to have Genesis be developed completely with
> AGX. I can also understand if you have high expectations for software and find
> it frustratingly incomplete. But two trips a week on a train isn't exactly the
> kind of time you'd expect to produce miracles in a couple of months. If you can
> support the development, I think this would be very valuable - Genesis is
> important, and really should learn from many of AGX's mistakes.

I intend to write down some practical suggestions and hopefully get a
discussion started in the next couple of days.  Then I'd like to
implement some of my suggestions right away.  These will mostly concern
the structure, documentation and testing for the beginning.

Thanks for the feedback so far,
Daniel



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