Xtend used for framework development tutorial

[xrr...@gmail.com]

Hi all,

A series of blog posts on framework development is being published that uses Xtend as the implementation language. The inicial post is at http://blog.xrrocha.net/2014/08/building-object-oriented-frameworks.html. The associated code is available at https://github.com/xrrocha/xrecords.

This is relevant to this list because the example framework and its accompanying documentation are meant to promote Xtend adoption. Both the code and the documentation illustrate how concise, expressive and readable Xtend is and how it can be used for real-world (if still in-the-small) development.

Regards,

-- Ricardo

[Sven Efftinge]

Hi Ricardo,

Such initiatives to promote adoption are highly appreciated.

Thank you!

Sven

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[Stefan Oehme]

A very nice writeup indeed! It's also good to see a comprehensive example project =)

Just one minor complaint: I don't like claims like "declaratively without programming". Declaration is just another form of programming. I guess what you really want to say is "with a much simpler. declarative API".

Best Regards,

Stefan

[xrr...@gmail.com]

Thanks for your valuable feedback Stefan!

You're absolutely right about the (rather bombastic) "no programming" claim. I've updated the post accordingly ;-)

-- Ricardo

[xrr...@gmail.com]

Thanks Sven! 

Xtend is a feat of conciseness and expressiveness that makes programming on the JVM a pleasure. I've observed Java programmers unfamiliar with Xtend can read non-trivial Xtend code without difficulty (including the non-Java constructs because of how intuitive they are). They consistently trip on extension methods/providers  ;-)

So, thank you Sven

-- Ricardo

[xrr...@gmail.com]

Hi all,

A second installment of the "Building Object-Oriented Frameworks" (in Xtend) blog series was published today: http://blog.xrrocha.net/2014/09/building-object-oriented-frameworks-2.html

As the series advances more of the language is showcased. Accompanying code uses new 2.7 features such as delegates and groupBy (https://github.com/xrrocha/xrecords).

Best regards,

-- Ricardo

On Thursday, August 21, 2014 3:09:04 AM UTC-4, Sven Efftinge wrote: