[flower_platform]

Hello GSoC Mentors,

As you are participating to Google Summer of Code, I'm wondering if you could consider using Flower Dev Center [1] while working with students.

Flower Dev Center is an online platform for UML modeling diagramming, with a strong focus on code synchronization, integration with dev tools (Git, SVN, etc) and real time collaboration on diagrams (and a little bit on code as well).

We think Flower Dev Center can be helpful for both: mentors and students during Google Summer of Code. We have created an article on this topic (i.e. Flower Dev Center + GSoC): [2], [3].

If you have a couple of spare minutes, could you tell us if you would like to use Flower Dev Center? And/or raise topics that you think are important (based on previous GSoC participations) to be supported by Flower Dev Center?

REMARK1: Right now, Flower Dev Center is closed source and offered for free to open-source projects. Starting with next version we'll begin to open its API and source code, so that anyone could write extension plugins, etc.

REMARK2: The next version of Flower Dev Center, the 2.0.0 planned for June/July 2013, has major new features, that we did not demonstrate yet and that will improve even more the collaboration between developers.

REMARK3: Flower Dev Center doesn't currently support C++ programming language. But if you are interested in using Flower Dev Center, we'll prioritize it's implementation and we'll work hard to do it ASAP, with Flower Dev Center 2.0.0.

REMARK4: Flower Dev Center will support programming languages that are not object oriented, starting with 2.0.0

Thank you in advance!

Best regards,
Mircea @ The Flower Platform Team.

[1] - Flower Dev Center web site - http://www.flower-platform.com
[2] - Video “Flower Dev Center + Google Summer of Code” - http://learn-discuss.flower-platform.com..._the_video
[3] - Text version with same content as the above video - http://learn-discuss.flower-platform.com..._code_2013

[natethomas]

I'm on my phone at the moment, so can't check it out just yet, but C++ support is pretty much a requirement for any XBMC development.

[flower_platform]

Hello,

Thanks for your reply!

but C++ support is pretty much a requirement for any XBMC development.

Sure thing. We already have tests and a prototype for the C and C++ language. When you have time, please take a look on the docs. If you think it'll be useful for you (GSoC and not only), we'll start working asap!

PS: Congrats for XBMC. I use it at home on my raspberry pi. It would be awesome if the XBMC guys would use Flower Dev Center

Best regards,
Cristian @ Flower Platform Team

[spiff]

also, closed source. meh. not interested

[flower_platform]

Hello,

Thanks for your feedback.

We will launch the new Flower Platform 2.0.0 this July, at OSCON, as an open source project (probably under GPL3).

Best regards,
Gabriela @ Flower Platform Team