Alfredo Kojima wrote:
> Hi Carl!
>
> Carl Karsten wrote:
>> I am working with django (python web framework
>> http://djangoproject.com) which "works best" if you define your data
>> like this:
>>
>
> [snip]
>
>> In the past, I have used my data modeling tool (like MySql Workbench)
>> as the primary. I am hoping to continue. What I envision is using
>> Workbench to define my model, then somehow generate the class code. The
>
> Nice! That'd be a good use for Workbench indeed.
>
>> problem is the django class code supports more than what Workbench
>> supports. see: http://www.djangoproject.com/documentation/model-api/
>>
>
> Can you give some examples of what is missing? If these things belong
> to a generic data model, we will look into adding support for that.
> If they're specific to django models, you can add custom data fields
> to the model objects.
>
>> So, before I got looking at the xml that Workbench uses to represent a
>> model or any other such fun, has anyone started down this path?
>>
>
> A couple of notes:
>
> 1- Workbench has a powerful plugin system, which includes support for
> Python.
> That is the preferred path to write such functionality, so it's not
> necessary
> to understand or even touch the model XML files directly. What is useful to
> understand are the XML files with meta-information about internal
> representation
> (the struct.*.xml files), but then, in the GRT shell you can have a
> friendlier
> view of their contents.
>
> 2- We're currently refactoring the Workbench a great deal, so some of the
> internals are being changed. It should be possible to migrate a plugin
> from the
> currently released WB to the new one without too much work, but they
> won't work
> directly. So if you want to start working on that, I encourage you to
> and will
> help you as I can. Otherwise, I'd advise to wait for the 1st public release
> of the refactored WB later this year.
>
> 3- There is some preliminary info on writing plugins at
> http://forge.mysql.com/wiki/MySQL_Workbench_Plugins and
> http://forge.mysql.com/wiki/MySQL_Workbench
I'll take a crack at writing my django thingy if someone will give me a python
example. (like the java and lua examples - we need a python one, right?)
thanks,
Carl K
>
> but some of the info will become obsolete when the new WB is released,
> specially how some of the code will look like, the "Object Tree" structure
> and some other things.
> However, most of the concepts will still be valid, so it may still have
> some
> use.
>
>
> Cheers,
> Alfredo
>
