[Xastir-dev] Topic: Supported Platforms, Xastir-NG

[Gerry Creager]

Tom Russo wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 14, 2008 at 04:50:12PM -0700, we recorded a bogon-computron collision of the <archer at eskimo.com> flavor, containing:
>> On Sat, 14 Jun 2008, Tom Russo wrote:
>>
>>> The right approach would develop an
>>> appropriate OO interface to a database package, against which all the 
>>> actors that use the database are written --- and we can implement as many
>>> variants of the database package as needed, so long as they are written
>>> to present the same interface.
>>>
>>> If we're gonna go OO, let's do OO design rather than just use an OO language.
>>>
>>> A better starting track might be to design what packages (in the 
>>> OO design lingo, not the linux lingo) are going to be needed to accomplish 
>>> the job, then start considering what they'll have to do and how they'll have
>>> to be written.  
>>>
>>> Properly done, we should not be designing around database engines, graphical
>>> toolkits, or anything like that.  We should be designing around an abstraction,
>>> and meshing those choices to that abstraction.
>> How many OO experts to we have out there?  
> 
> Been working on a $2M/year OO software product for about 8 years.  Not an
> expert, but I have some OO design background.
> 
>> I'm certainly not one.  I
>> was trained in structured programming in college, and picked up OO
>> as I went along.  This means that starting at the OO design level is
>> not my area of expertise, nor does it need to be.  hi hi
>>
>> We can do the OO design before picking a language, as any
>> self-respecting OO language should be able to implement it, correct?
> 
> Yes.
> 
>> What tools are used to do OO design other than brainpower?  I'm sure
>> there are OO design books around work that I could borrow for a bit.
>> Linux tools?
> 
> Well, there's bouml, argouml, eclipse...
> 
> I've not had a lot of confidence in the design tools past the initial
> design process.  They try to be things you can use throughout the life-cycle,
> but mostly they're a hassle.

I've experience with eclipse and rather like it...
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