[Opensource] Visual Expresso

[Sandra Cann]

There has been mounting interest in the expresso community for sometime
to add some visual wizards to Expresso - hence the "Expresso Wizards"
project is underway. 

Here's the link:
http://www.jcorporate.com/econtent/Content.do?state=template&template=2&
db=default&resource=799

This is exciting because this could really boost the adoption of
Expresso because it makes Expresso that much easier to use. Considering
that Java is being targeted to the Corporate developer at this time and
expected to grow 3 to 10 million developers in the next 2 years, this is
significant.

So if you have an interest in visual wizards we encourage your
participation in this project. The forums and this listserv are a great
place to discuss.

Thanks to several contributors including Jan Moons, Raul Davidovich,
Michael Rimov and myself we now have some documents online. The purpose
of which to get a design in place. Now is the time to give feedback. 

Perhaps you want to ask about IDE integration? Initially we will develop
these wizards via a web interface only. Once that's completed then we
can address doing some wrappers and integrating them into various IDEs
which might get easier between now and then with the IDE JSR that is out
there. 

We look forward to your ideas and involvement.

Sandra