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The [http://resheim.no/vdf VDF Tools for Eclipse], written by [[User:Torkildr|T. U. Resheim]] started out as a simple [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Javacc JavaCC] grammar for FMAC/ICODE in 2003. When wanting to actually use the grammar in 2004 it soon became clear that it would not be a good idea to use this low-level language parser to provide the foundations, the parser was rewritten for VDF7 using [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ANTLR ANTLR]. | The [http://resheim.no/vdf VDF Tools for Eclipse], written by [[User:Torkildr|T. U. Resheim]] started out as a simple [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Javacc JavaCC] grammar for FMAC/ICODE in 2003. When wanting to actually use the grammar in 2004 it soon became clear that it would not be a good idea to use this low-level language parser to provide the foundations, the parser was rewritten for VDF7 using [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ANTLR ANTLR]. | ||
While being a hobby project, the feature set still | While being a hobby project, the feature set still fast and steady so in February 2005 the first trials were done at [[Emma EDB AS]]. One year later it was ready and the 1.0 version was released. Version 1.1 was released in February 2007. | ||
VDF Tools works more or less like any programming language IDE. It has a parser that builds an index or metadata model of the code. These data forms the foundation of a number of features such as: | VDF Tools works more or less like any programming language IDE. It has a parser that builds an index or metadata model of the code. These data forms the foundation of a number of features such as: | ||