Taking Suggestions for a Toolkit Add-In

[fwoolz]

Hello All,

I'm working on an "EA Toolkit" add-in and am interested in hearing what kinds of utility features the EA community is interested in. So, any and all suggestions are most welcome!

Cheers,
Fred Woolsey

[Paolo F Cantoni]

I'm working on an "EA Toolkit" add-in and am interested in hearing what kinds of utility features the EA community is interested in. So, any and all suggestions are most welcome!

Hi Fred,

Sounds a good idea. But, just to be clear on what you're trying to do... Are you creating something that the Sparxians would have/could have/should have/ might build or something different?

Are you proposing that what gets built here might be later incorporated into the EA line-up (and thus it's a prototyping environment/process).

My questions are directed towards the kind of relationship this "tool kit" might have (in a formal sense) with EA (and Sparx).

Paolo

[sargasso]

I'm game!

WANTED: A tool that traces use case tests back to the use case's internal and external requirements.

bruce

[fwoolz]

Paolo,

I was thinking of an add-in that provides utility features that aren't currently part of the EA lineup, such as automating creation of a server repository, providing additional database reporting capability (including output documents in XML), stuff along these lines. In addition, it would include useful utilities that augment EA functionality.

The reason for the exercise is twofold: 1) to produce something that's useful to the community and 2) to provide a demo for add-in development in the .NET environment, since the tool would run under .NET 1.1.

Cheers,
Fred Woolsey

[Paolo F Cantoni]

Paolo,

I was thinking of an add-in that provides utility features that aren't currently part of the EA lineup, such as automating creation of a server repository, providing additional database reporting capability (including output documents in XML), stuff along these lines. In addition, it would include useful utilities that augment EA functionality.

The reason for the exercise is twofold: 1) to produce something that's useful to the community and 2) to provide a demo for add-in development in the .NET environment, since the tool would run under .NET 1.1.

Cheers,
Fred Woolsey

Ah, so if I understand you correctly, you're just after a one-off idea (such as that suggested by Bruce - which I also support).

However, it seems to me that the User Community (and Sparx) would benefit from a more formal cooperative relationship with regard to user created automation.

Perhaps I should start a new thread along those lines?

Paolo

[fwoolz]

Paolo,

I agree that a cooperative relationship is a great idea. However, I also think we should (pardon the cliche') "let a thousand flowers bloom". Perhaps the Sparxians should sponsor a development group along the lines of some of the Apache groups. Alternatively, this could be centered around the EA User's Group site with Sparxian guidance. In any case,  I think it's a good idea to get a few add-ins that do something useful that could be posted as examples of add-in development.

Cheers,
Fred Woolsey