On Wed, Sep 13, 2017 at 9:25 AM, Tim Nevels via 4D_Tech < [email protected]> wrote:
> On Sep 12, 2017, at 5:49 PM, Jeffrey Kain wrote: > > > Yeah, so many caveats to object fields. Bite the bullet, use a related > table... > > Remember 4D’s implementation strategy for new features: > > - You get a little bit at a time. > - The feature set is not complete. > - The public (i.e. 4D developers) are not provided with any information > about what the completed feature set will ultimately look like. > Nicely summarized. About 20 years ago, I decided "I won't base any of my choices on software that isn't shipping." (Fool me 18 times, shame on you, fool me 19 times, shame on me.) I might bend that a bit for a company with a detailed roadmap, and a really solid record of delivering on that roadmap. Even then, I wouldn't roll the dice on something that would be a huge disaster if it didn't ship on time or with the feature as expected. I've never, ever regretted this choice. This isn't specifically about 4D by any means, but they aren't excepted from the rule either. With 4D, we have no road map so the *only* features and behaviors we can plan on are the ones in our hands *today.* That's fine, most of the time I only want to know how things work now so that I can make plans. 4D is under no obligation to provide whatever pet feature requests any of us have. Clearly. Still, when I hear about "future versions" I file them under "who cares?" I mean, it's fun to think about - but it does nothing for my work today and does nothing to my plans. It's like when the medical world says that something will be a viable treatment in "5-10" years. That's pure science fiction, they have no idea how it will play out when something is that far out. So, fun to think about, but not useful for making choices. So, yeah, object fields are already useful in a limited number of cases, IMO, and may evolve into something far more powerful and useful. Let's hope so! But for now, when I need more exotic/performant/scalable features, there's Postgres where all of this stuff already has years of field use. ********************************************************************** 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) FAQ: http://lists.4d.com/faqnug.html Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html Options: http://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech Unsub: mailto:[email protected] **********************************************************************
