Re: [emf-dev] Is this the best place to ask about Google Summer of Code

[Jacob Beard <jbeard4@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Ed,

Thanks for the positive feedback. I've posted my idea to the wiki. I'll start to prepare a formal proposal. Although I've been involved in Modeling and Simulation research for some time now, I'm just starting to sink my teeth into EMF, so I'll probably soon have questions to ask the list. 

Thanks again,

Jake

On Sat, Mar 21, 2009 at 2:02 PM, Ed Merks <ed.merks@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Jake,

Comments below.

Jacob Beard wrote:

Thanks for the reply, Ed. Here is my idea.

The main idea is to expose a thin-client, web-based graphical editor for Ecore-based models, as opposed to the SWT-based editor that lives inside of Eclipse. This is desirable, because a browser-based editor can go many places that Eclipse and SWT cannot go, like being embedded in a web page. There are many possible applications that could then be built using this technology, that would not otherwise be possible, for example a wiki for collaborating on models. I'd therefore like to propose a project that would be divided into two parts.

This sounds cool.

The first part would be infrastructure-related, and would entail the following tasks:
1. Develop a concrete syntax layer that would be implemented using Open Web technologies, and could thus be purely browser-based.
2. Expose models based on Ecore so that they are remotely accessible via web services.
3. Bind the (client-side, browser-based) concrete syntax layer and the (server-side, Eclipse-based) abstract syntax layers together.

The second part of the project might be to ensure that some existing formalisms based on EMF work well in the new editor. UML Class Diagrams seem like a good first target, and I believe it should be possible to reuse the work from the UML2 project directly here. But I would also like to see a Finite State Machine/Statechart editor (and simulator!) running in the browser. Unfortunately, this last part might exceed the bounds of what is feasible for one GSoC project, but it is one of my main goals with respect to my academic research and personal projects, so I thought I'd throw it out there.

I'd like to hear what people think. Feedback is most welcome.

Please enter this idea on the wiki: 

http://wiki.eclipse.org/Google_Summer_of_Code_2009_Ideas

Thanks!

Thank you. :-)

Jake

On Sat, Mar 21, 2009 at 7:05 AM, Ed Merks <ed.merks@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Jake,

I also monitor the soc-dev mailing list so either that one or this one are fine, though you're likely to get more EMF-specific feedback from this audience, so that's a good thing. 

Tell me more about your idea! :-)

Cheers,
Ed


Jacob Beard wrote:

Hello all,

My name is Jake Beard, and I'm interested in doing an EMF-related project for Google Summer of Code. I was wondering if this was the best place to ask for feedback on my idea, or if the newsgroup might be better?

Please let me know. Thanks,

Jake

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