wCMF

wCMF 3.0 Black released

Giuseppe Platania — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 10:54:57 +0000

0.5 Beta of the Chronos Web Modeller published

Giuseppe Platania — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 08:43:32 +0000

CWM 0.3 published

Giuseppe Platania — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 08:55:55 +0000

We published the version 0.3 Beta Green of the Chronos Web Modeller.

You can test 0.3 under:

http://cwm.nikostotz.de/demo/gui/

The Chronos Web Modeler (CWM) aims to provide an collaborative environment to create and manage models. The resulting models can be exported as XMI and transformed on the fly in code and/or a documentation.

New features include:

Web 2.0 style Generator access.
UML 2 export
Complete help
Translation in 3 languages
Administration perspective
Autocomplete in rich text area (concept only)

And much more….

Under the cover we have done a complete refactoring so that the code of the front end is now more object oriented.

To test the exported file you need a local copy of the Chronos Metamodel.

You can download Chronos from Sourceforge:

https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=198381

in the next weeks we will publish a Beta with following additional functions:

Documents Generation from the model
Classes diagrams modelling
Support for activity diagrams
Object locking for preventing concurrent update
Revertable history on object level

Web modeller for wCMF in development

Giuseppe Platania — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 17:19:01 +0000

I’m developing an application that generates a Domain Specific Language IDE with web 2.0 interface.

We call it CWM (Chronos Web Modeller)

here a screen shot

Check it out here:
http://cwm.nikostotz.de/demo/gui/

This is a private server: feel free to test but don’t count on performance.

The CWM aims is to create a model that is further used to generate documents and code.

We test (and support) Firefox only. A stable release will support all the major browser. Right now we are in an advanced alpha stadium.

We are developing the CWM with simplicity in mind.
Especially for the gathering of Requirements and use cases a complete modeling tool like EA can be an over kill for the typical “normal” client. A web client, near zero installation feature, allows more users to works with the same model contemporaneously.

After then this can be exported back to EA.
Some Background
The Chronos metamodel is used as basis to describes an IT project.
In Chronos a Goal -is specified by–> Requirement —is realized by a—> Feature—is detailed by a-> Use Case –that instantiates a-> Domain object.

Because this structure is generated rather that hard coded, if you have a project specific need, all you must do it to change the UML model
see below:

changing this model you completely change the applications objects.

Front end and backend are completely separated and communicate with JSON. Additionally also a SOAP interface is generated: see http://cwm.nikostotz.de/demo/application/soap.php for the generated API specification.

We are using EXTJS (http://extjs.com) and Draw2d (http://draw2d.org/draw2d/) as frameworks for the Java Script client and wCMF (http://wcmf.sourceforge.net/) for the PHP backend.

SPARX EnterpriseArchitect is used to model the UML while the generator is openArchitectureWare (openArchitectureWare.org ).
The generated Model can be exported in XMI (rational rose compatible).

The CWM is released under the Eclipse Common Licence and his source is available on the Project on sourceForge:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/olympos/

Submit your bugs here:
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=198381&atid=965248

as you can see some of them are already know.

if you have a feature request tell us!
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=198381&atid=965251

wCMF 2.6 DeepOrange released

Tue, 25 Mar 2008 09:23:22 +0000

The 2.6 version of the MDA framework for PHP has been released.
You can download it from the SourceForge site
https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=129852
In this version we enhanced the AJAX support within a Model Driven Architecture paradigm.
The most important features are:

extjs 2.0.2 support.
Dynamic Object tree
drag & drop reordering
AJAX Combobox

We released also the a tutorial that introduce views modelling and localization.

the demos under http://olympos.ordosolis.org will be also soon updated .

For a complete list of features and corrected bug see the wiki page: http://www.wemove.com/wcmf/wikka.php?wakka=wcmf26

The release 3.0 is is still under work but his release date has been moved.
It will support Multiple Framework, Eclipse integration and Model Driven Requirement Management.

wCMF Orange 2.5 Released

Giuseppe Platania — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 14:33:00 +0000

The 2.5 version of our MDA framework for PHP has been released.

You can download it from the SourceForge site.

From this version we support the Web 2.0 within a Model Driven Architecture paradigm.

The most important enhancements are:

a new generation strategy that separates the generated classes completely from the custom ones
hook methods in PersistentObject that are executed after standard events
the AJAX User Interface.

For a complete list of features and bug visit the 2.5 release page.

To give you a live impression of wCMF we have published 2 demos under http://olympos.ordosolis.org.

Additionally we released the HelloWorld tutorial as Flash file.

The next release 3.0 is planned for end of December and will support Multiple Frameworks, Eclipse integration and Model Driven Requirement Management.

Stay tuned!!!

wCMF Orange 2.5 Beta

Giuseppe Platania — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 11:49:28 +0000

The wCMF Orange 2.5 package is available for download from the svbversion source
It feature AJAX UI with extjs.
A complete list of available features is on the WIKI roadmap page.
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wCMF 2.1 released

Giuseppe Platania — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 17:38:52 +0000

The wCMF development team is proud to announce the release of wCMF 2.1 code name RED.

Although we only have a small one after the major version this is a project milestone. We have introduced over 20 features that enhance the productivity and consolidate the system. Our main mission is to let you concentrate on the problem solution not the technical details.

The new main features are:

Enhanced view template that generates a view
Stereotype for modeling system properties
Database upgrade system
The framework and the application template are now auto deployed to the target directory

For a complete list of new features see the release page.

The following files are released:

Bin

wcmf_generator_2.1.zip: contains the generator and the framework
wcmf_generator_2.1_src.zip: the source of the project
wcmf_library_2.1.zip: the framework only

Documentation

wcmf_helloworld_2.1.zip: start tutorial
wcmf_apidoc_2.1.zip : API documentation
wcmf_generator_2.1.pdf: generator documentation

In the next months we will enhance the existing framework with AJAX capabilities and generate an off line smart client for Field Force Automation.

For more information see the complete roadmap.

Wiki Moved

Tue, 27 Feb 2007 14:01:01 +0000

We have installed the new wCMF Wiki on a faster server.

wCMF 2.0 released

Mon, 05 Feb 2007 20:48:45 +0000

The 2.0 release of wCMF is available for download.

Main focus of the new release is the consolidation of the MDA approach of application development with wCMF. We enhanced the generator metamodel to make applications more customizable through modeling and improved the usability of the default application template. If you are new to wCMF start with the new HelloWord tutorial.

Main changes in this release are:

wCMF default application template:

concise layout with tabbed navigation and list displays that support sorting and paging
advanced search using query templates
improved resource browser
soap interface that supports crud operations on all entity types
support for different entity association types (composite, shared)
internal changes include listener support for PersistentObject classes and customizable validation

wCMFGenerator

integration of more uml concepts (composite, shared associations and navigability, multiple associations between entities)
more options for customization of the default application template (display names and types)
better integration of legacy databases through customizable table and column names and compound primary keys
better inheritance support
all wCMF internal classes are included in the default application template and may be enhanced by inheritance (e.g. custom user and role classes)