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<h3>Primary Links</h3>
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	<li><a id="buttonDownload"
		href="http://wiki.eclipse.org/EGF_Installation" title="Download">
		<strong>Download</strong> Eclipse Distribution, Update Site, Dropins </a>
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		class="bigButton" href="http://wiki.eclipse.org/EGF_Tutorial_and_Use_Cases"
		title="Documentation"> <strong>Documentation</strong> Tutorials, Examples, Videos, Reference Documentation </a>
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		href="http://wiki.eclipse.org/EGF" title="Support"> <strong>Support</strong>
		Bug Tracker, Newsgroup, Professional Support </a>
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	<li><a id="buttonDocumentation"
		href="http://wiki.eclipse.org/images/6/66/EGF_Introduction.pdf"> <strong>Introduction</strong>
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<h3>EGF: a Software Factory Tool</h3>
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	<p>EGF (Eclipse Generation Factories) is a software factory tool with the purpose to generate software artifacts, 
	such as code or application, in order to automate software development.
	<a title="Presentation of EGF" href="http://wiki.eclipse.org/images/6/66/EGF_Introduction.pdf">Introduction</a></p>
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		<th><img src="resources/EGF_Overview.png" alt="EGF Overview" /></th>
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		    	    <li>Software production with factory components</li>
		        	<li>Reuse of off-the-shelf factory components</li>
			        <li>Development by assembly</li>
		    	    <li>Adaptation to a specific context</li>
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    <p>EGF is an engine based on four types of generation unit:
        <ul>
            <li><b>Task</b>: it enables to execute code written in a language (e.g., Java, Ant, JRuby) or tools (e.g., Acceleo, ATL, Jet)</li>
            <li><b>Factory component</b>: it declares generation parameters and orchestrates calls to tasks or other factory components</li>
            <li><b>Pattern</b>: it is a powerful formalism which enables to process resources (e.g., model, file), in a language (e.g., Java, Jet), with parameters (e.g., navigation strategy, post-processor, reporter)</li>
            <li><b>Generation Chain</b>: it is a domain-specific model which enables to abstract generations</li>
        </ul>
	EGF is designed to be extensible and accept new types of generation unit.
	 On the other hand, because a task is able to execute code and tools, EGF is not strictly limited to generation.  
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		<th><a title="Activity Workflow With Java and Ruby" href="http://vimeo.com/15705526">
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		<th><p>Video: <strong>&nbsp;Activity Workflow combining Java and JRuby</strong></p>
			<p>Example of dynamic execution</p>
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	<h3>Software Factories Portfolios</h3>
    <p>A software factory portfolio provides an off-the-shelf generation solution. EGF is released with two portfolios: 
        <ul>
            <li><b>Enhanced EMF Generation</b>: 1) it enriches the EMF generation with new generation topics (e.g., html doc, ecoretools diagrams, Java doc), 2) it opens the EMF Generation customization with the EGF patterns</li>
            <li><b>Build chain editor and generator</b>: it provides 1) an editor to model a build chain for continuous integration, and 2) a generator with targets, by default, Hudson/jenkins and Buckminster</li>
        </ul>
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		<th><a title="Generation Chain" href="http://vimeo.com/29472598">
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		<th><p>Video: <strong>&nbsp;Generation Chain</strong></p>
			<p>Generation chain and the EMF generation</p>
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