[hibernate-dev] Thinking about Forge 2 plugins

[Emmanuel Bernard]

We probably should think about what it would mean to help people get
started with our projects using Forge. The Eclipse integration looks
very impressive and very much how I wish I could work to add layers.

I'll add it to the team meeting agenda.

Emmanuel

Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2013 18:27:12 -0400 (EDT)
From: Lincoln Baxter <lbaxter at redhat.com>
To: The Core 
Subject: The Forge 2 philosophy in 4 minutes

Check out the video describing Forge 2 and where we are headed:
   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dpou-FWWatI

Just a quick update on the Forge project. This video will show you what we've been working on for the past while: namely a new architecture to allow extreme embed-ability, and real code re-use between addons (using our Modular container, called Furnace) https://github.com/forge/furnace (based on JBoss Modules and Maven). It does not go into great detail into many of these things, but is more of a high-level overview of the goals and features.

So what does this mean for your project?

 1) Primarily, this means that you'll be able to work with us to create tools for your project that run in all of our supported environments and IDEs. Ideally this tooling should be focused on getting users started with your projects quickly, so if you're interested in having a Forge plugin for your project, please send me an email off list, and we will get the process started. We are currently preparing for the launch of our new website, so it will probably still be a few months before we can do any intensive project addon development with teams.

 2) What this means in reality is that you can deliver tools that will run in JBDS and the command-line (and eventually IntelliJ, and NetBeans, and Web IDE), without worrying about coordination with an actual product release. Your release cycle is completely independent of ours. (Unless you are waiting for a new feature that is not yet released.)

To learn more about Forge 2, please visit our github repository: https://github.com/forge/core#jboss-forge-20

Expect to hear more from us soon :) We want *YOU*... and your projects of course :)

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Lincoln Baxter, III
JBoss, by Red Hat
lbaxter at redhat.com

"If you want something, you'll find a way; if you don't, you'll find an excuse."