Tags from heaven
In PPL 2.0 there will be a new technology called tag programming. What does this mean exactly you ask? To put it simple, it allows you to search for functions, classes, properties, events and methods using tags related to the nature of the selection.
For example, how often do you search for a function name in particular but don’t remember its name? Very often you say, me too… You know what this function is to do right? By searching by tags you can easily find it!
Lets say you want to show a message on screen. What if you don’t remember the function to do this is called ShowMessage() ? Well you could search for the following tags: “show,display,message”, they will come up with ShowMessage and a few other items.
We are trying to implement this technology right in the roots of PPL 2.0 so that third party developers can set tags for their classes, properties,methods and events easily. This will provide consistency through all libraries.
We want to integrate the help feature right from the functions, classes, properties, methods and events as well. It will be a property just like the others. We will have, description, parameters and example properties for all objects so that all help dialog does show exactly the same without having to merge help files together or other odd help file formats.
We want to make library creations very easy and powerful this time. PPL 2.0 will have tons of information on screen to simplify your programming experience.
