Comments on: Script Monkey, a Java plugin paradigm shift… http://boxysystems.com/index.php/script-monkey-a-java-plugin-paradigm-shift/ Innovation through creativity... Wed, 08 Sep 2010 06:11:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Siddique http://boxysystems.com/index.php/script-monkey-a-java-plugin-paradigm-shift/comment-page-1/#comment-56 Siddique Thu, 13 Nov 2008 20:50:23 +0000 http://boxysystems.com/?p=83#comment-56 Just a small update to my last response. I meant that the compiled scripts will be cached and that would help little bit on performance. Just a small update to my last response.
I meant that the compiled scripts will be cached and that would help little bit on performance.

]]> By: Siddique http://boxysystems.com/index.php/script-monkey-a-java-plugin-paradigm-shift/comment-page-1/#comment-55 Siddique Thu, 13 Nov 2008 20:49:22 +0000 http://boxysystems.com/?p=83#comment-55 Thanks for the feedback. My apologies if it sounded like I discovered a brand new idea. I agree there are other tools with the scripting support. Script Monkey does not do anything new than leveraging already existing Scripting API & trying to bring in more dynamic languages like Ruby, Python etc. into the game. Thanks for the feedback. My apologies if it sounded like I discovered a brand new idea. I agree there are other tools with the scripting support. Script Monkey does not do anything new than leveraging already existing Scripting API & trying to bring in more dynamic languages like Ruby, Python etc. into the game.

]]> By: Ricky Clarkson http://boxysystems.com/index.php/script-monkey-a-java-plugin-paradigm-shift/comment-page-1/#comment-54 Ricky Clarkson Thu, 13 Nov 2008 20:47:51 +0000 http://boxysystems.com/?p=83#comment-54 Congratulations, you just discovered emacs. Congratulations, you just discovered emacs.

]]> By: Patrick Wright http://boxysystems.com/index.php/script-monkey-a-java-plugin-paradigm-shift/comment-page-1/#comment-53 Patrick Wright Wed, 12 Nov 2008 20:46:19 +0000 http://boxysystems.com/?p=83#comment-53 It’s a good idea. I’ve downloaded the plugin and checked out the demos you posted; am waiting to see more. This is not a new idea, even for Java, though. The most successful Java tool using this approach is perhaps jEdit, where you can write “macros” using a scripting language; the default language for jEdit macros is BeanShell, but you can use others. There are dozens of macros available, many of them contributed by the community. Upside: people can contribute with less effort, and it takes pressure off the developer of the editor for new features. Downside: in my experience, the biggest downside at least in jEdit’s case, was that scripts are somewhat slower than compiled Java. For any script that gets executed while the UI is being used, you can get tiny pauses when a script is fired, which can make the UI feel sluggish if too much is based on scripts. Also, since scripts were so easy to write, I found people spent less time creating reusable libraries (to write scripts on top of) and there was a certain amount of duplication between them. Looking forward to seeing what you do with it. Patrick It’s a good idea. I’ve downloaded the plugin and checked out the demos you posted; am waiting to see more.

This is not a new idea, even for Java, though. The most successful Java tool using this approach is perhaps jEdit, where you can write “macros” using a scripting language; the default language for jEdit macros is BeanShell, but you can use others. There are dozens of macros available, many of them contributed by the community.

Upside: people can contribute with less effort, and it takes pressure off the developer of the editor for new features.

Downside: in my experience, the biggest downside at least in jEdit’s case, was that scripts are somewhat slower than compiled Java. For any script that gets executed while the UI is being used, you can get tiny pauses when a script is fired, which can make the UI feel sluggish if too much is based on scripts. Also, since scripts were so easy to write, I found people spent less time creating reusable libraries (to write scripts on top of) and there was a certain amount of duplication between them.

Looking forward to seeing what you do with it.

Patrick

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