File Details |
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| File Size | 4.6 MB |
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| License | Shareware, $85.00 |
| Operating System | Windows 2000/9x/Server 2003/XP |
| Date Added | January 20, 2005 |
| Total Downloads | 444 |
| Publisher | Mentat Technologies |
| Homepage | Alchemist |
Publisher's Description
Alchemist is a XML Development Environment and code generator for building software applications based on eXtensible Markup Language (XML) technologies from dynamic DATA resources.
Latest Reviews
cyberguy reviewed v1.0 Beta on Feb 2, 2004
I'm sure this programs does something spectacular. I just cant figure out exactly what that is. I've used XSLT to create programming language code generators before and found that while yes, it is useful to have something that takes in XML code and translates it into multitudes of code, writing the xslt templates to do that takes considerably more skill than writing the code by hand.
Bugs immediately noticed:
(1) Immediately on startup, on connection dialog, everything is in english except the 'aceptar' and 'cancelar' buttons.
(2) Not really a bug, but it only works with MSXML. Would prefer to be able to plug in my own XSLT engine since my xslt extensions are not supported by MSXML.
(3) In Help file: Standard, pro, and Enterprise versions of this product have the same features. WooHoo! pay for 'standard' get 'enterprise'. I like that pricing scheme!
(4) Help file needs a lot of work. The XSLT reference is a good idfea, and examples are good, but more explanation on what each element does is needed.
(5) User must be reasonably intermediate-level conversant with XML and XSLT to use this program. If you are not, you are better off doing your computer language coding by hand.
(summary) In all, while yes this is a beta, it needs a fair bit more work. I'll give it a 3 for now until it gets more mature.
cyberguy reviewed v1.0 Beta on Feb 2, 2004
I'm sure this programs does something spectacular. I just cant figure out exactly what that is. I've used XSLT to create programming language code generators before and found that while yes, it is useful to have something that takes in XML code and translates it into multitudes of code, writing the xslt templates to do that takes considerably more skill than writing the code by hand.
Bugs immediately noticed:
(1) Immediately on startup, on connection dialog, everything is in english except the 'aceptar' and 'cancelar' buttons.
(2) Not really a bug, but it only works with MSXML. Would prefer to be able to plug in my own XSLT engine since my xslt extensions are not supported by MSXML.
(3) In Help file: Standard, pro, and Enterprise versions of this product have the same features. WooHoo! pay for 'standard' get 'enterprise'. I like that pricing scheme!
(4) Help file needs a lot of work. The XSLT reference is a good idfea, and examples are good, but more explanation on what each element does is needed.
(5) User must be reasonably intermediate-level conversant with XML and XSLT to use this program. If you are not, you are better off doing your computer language coding by hand.
(summary) In all, while yes this is a beta, it needs a fair bit more work. I'll give it a 3 for now until it gets more mature.