Re: Code Generation in Perl

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On Tue, Jun 15, 2004 at 08:58:35PM -0300, Nelson Ferraz wrote:
> Allen Day wrote:
> >You might also want to check out the Turnkey project, 
> >http://www.sf.net/projects/turnkey
> >
> >It does something similar to what you describe, but operates on the 
> >database SQL directly rather than requiring an XML descriptor.
> 
> Dear Allen,
> 
> I'm glad to hear about your project, and I'll take a look on that.
> 
> The first version of AppML (at the time called "auto_coder"), also 
> worked directly on the SQL. The problem was that the database only 
> provided a subset of the required semantics.
> 
> For instance: I was forced to use captions similar to the field names, 
> and I wasn't able to tell if a field should be visible by default.
> 
> With XML, which is eXtensible, I can describe the project with as much 
> information as needed.
> 
> Moreover, it's easier to parse a single XML source than the different 
> SQL schemas out there.
> 
> The database creation scripts are generated automatically, and I use 
> Class::DBI to achieve database independence and to make the resulting 
> code more mantainable.

Is there a tool to automatically create the XML from a database schema
(and so easily 'bootstrap' a new development project)?

Tim.