Component+and+Component+Set+Dependencies Drawing

[Ron Wheeler <rw...@artifact-software.com>]

https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OFBIZ/Component+and+Component+Set+Dependencies 
contains a drawing done using Graphviz
Jacques requested that I look at using Gliffy instead.
I had a quick look but Gliffy is requires manual creation and layout of 
the artifacts on the drawing and this would be harder to create and 
maintain as relationship are added and removed from the application.
I have added a child page called "Drawing Source" with the source for 
the image and instructions about how to regenerate the drawing.

Ron

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Re: Component+and+Component+Set+Dependencies Drawing

[Ron Wheeler <rw...@artifact-software.com>]

Thanks.
I agree with your reasons and for some diagrams Gliffy will be a better 
choice.
If we go with AsciiDoc, GraphViz is built-in and will become more 
familiar to everyone.

There is also a Javascript version of Graphviz so that it is not a bad 
tool for generating some types of drawings using the browser to do the 
drawing.
This speeds up drawing creation by reducing the amount of bits flowing 
and lightens the load on the server since you just send the description 
of the relationships rather than the rendered output.
The only drawback is that, so far, the Javascript rendering engine does 
not provide a way to make the drawing interactive.

Ron

On 16/01/2015 3:16 PM, Jacques Le Roux wrote:
> Thanks for the glance Ron. I must say I have never used Gliffy, nor 
> Graphviz, so you have certainly a better opinion than I.
> I recommended (not requested ;)) to use Gliffy because it's available 
> and kind of included with Confluence at the ASF.
> But since Graphviz is open source and use the "Eclipse Public License 
> - v 1.0" I see no problems using it, instead of Gliffy
>
> Jacques
>
> Le 16/01/2015 15:54, Ron Wheeler a écrit :
>> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OFBIZ/Component+and+Component+Set+Dependencies 
>> contains a drawing done using Graphviz
>> Jacques requested that I look at using Gliffy instead.
>> I had a quick look but Gliffy is requires manual creation and layout 
>> of the artifacts on the drawing and this would be harder to create 
>> and maintain as relationship are added and removed from the application.
>> I have added a child page called "Drawing Source" with the source for 
>> the image and instructions about how to regenerate the drawing.
>>
>> Ron
>>
>


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Ron Wheeler
President
Artifact Software Inc
email: rwheeler@artifact-software.com
skype: ronaldmwheeler
phone: 866-970-2435, ext 102

Re: Component+and+Component+Set+Dependencies Drawing

[Jacques Le Roux <ja...@les7arts.com>]

Thanks for the glance Ron. I must say I have never used Gliffy, nor Graphviz, so you have certainly a better opinion than I.
I recommended (not requested ;)) to use Gliffy because it's available and kind of included with Confluence at the ASF.
But since Graphviz is open source and use the "Eclipse Public License - v 1.0" I see no problems using it, instead of Gliffy

Jacques

Le 16/01/2015 15:54, Ron Wheeler a écrit :
> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OFBIZ/Component+and+Component+Set+Dependencies contains a drawing done using Graphviz
> Jacques requested that I look at using Gliffy instead.
> I had a quick look but Gliffy is requires manual creation and layout of the artifacts on the drawing and this would be harder to create and maintain 
> as relationship are added and removed from the application.
> I have added a child page called "Drawing Source" with the source for the image and instructions about how to regenerate the drawing.
>
> Ron
>