- 14 December 2009, 10:54
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I'm going to be taking a look at Audiveris/,a program which can generate music XML from pictures of sheet music. Anything which can generate XML is good in my book, and this seems to be a great program to do it. The User Interface looks a little rough, but I gave it a quick demo this morning and it done what it said on the tin. Now to find some style sheets for the Music XML.
- 9 December 2009, 16:50
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Java, Docbook XML and later on a new Site for a friend of mine.
At the moment most of my time is taken up with one client who has hired me to develop a GUI for a revolutionary new product of theirs. It involves lots of Java, a large dose of Ant and Docbook, and a sprinkling of C. I must say that that combination of technologies are a pleasure to work with. Java especially has its detractors, but it is simply a brilliant language for when you need to get the job done without worrying about fiddley quirks and annoyances.
What is great about this system is the Documentation generator which uses DocBook and is powered by Ant. It really saves the hassle of working with Word to produce documents and then convert it to pdf, web, javahelp, etc. One docbook xml will generate it all, and for us we even get our screenshots taken automatically. Bliss.
