Before writing a single line a code we should agree on the
direction/vision/goals. I'll start another thread.

On Sat, Jul 17, 2010 at 4:02 AM, John Simons <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hamilton, please do prototype something, that would be really nice.
>
> Cheers John
>
> On 17/07/2010, at 1:30, hammett <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> I'm biased, but I'd favor extensibility. One - if not the - key factor
>> for Windsor success is its extensibility. I'd like to see MonoRail as
>> a minimal core with strong extension points. An user can "put
>> together" a flavor of MR that meet his needs. Extensions work
>> side-by-side. I'd love to prototype something along these lines if the
>> idea resonates with the rest of you.
>>
>> And yes, I agree with Henry. It should be compatible with MVC - which
>> is not difficult.
>>
>>
>>
>> 2010/7/16 Henry Conceição <[email protected]>:
>>> I totally agree that we should have very clearly and well defined mission
>>> and must be focused on it. And that we should not play catch with Ms.
>>>
>>> I think that productivity is still valid, but the magnitude have changed. In
>>> the past was a webforms x mvc comparison, but today we have many tools that
>>> are good as monorail is.
>>>
>>> Another great change imo, is that today we have an ecosystem towards mvc on
>>> the .Net land. We can reuse existing view engines, routing engines, binders,
>>> etc if we want to.
>>>
>>> On Jul 15, 2010 9:50 PM, "hammett" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> Exactly.
>>>
>>> So going back to the original theme. I'd invite you to step back and
>>> see the whole picture. I see asp.net mvc as a quite successful
>>> *blessed* solution from MS. I also see Fubu MVC and possible others
>>> offering different perspectives on this space.
>>>
>>> I dont do web development anymore - unfortunately - but I dont think I
>>> would be totally happy with MS' offering or MonoRail.
>>>
>>> asp.net MVC:
>>> - has a great end-to-end experience (Fx + VS Integration + templates)
>>> - Framework is quite minimal, which is a good thing
>>> - Not very extensible IMO
>>>
>>> MonoRail
>>> - Very extensible
>>> - Has everything + the kitchen sink (bad)
>>> - Bad end-to-end experience
>>>
>>> Instead of trying to play the catch up game I'd go for a totally
>>> different route.
>>> First. define the mission and vision. Since the beginning MonoRail was
>>> about productivity. Does this still make sense? What has change in
>>> this space? Are projects simpler or more complex? What about the
>>> cloud?
>>> Second, features should make sense for the vision, and this should be
>>> your bar. Simply dont invest time/energy in whatever deviates from the
>>> mission.
>>> Third, end to end: what makes the tool successful is not only the Fx,
>>> but samples, templates and VS integration. I have quite some
>>> experience with VS, and could certainly help here.
>>>
>>>
>>> Thoughts?
>>>
>>>
>>> 2010/7/14 Henry Conceição <[email protected]>:
>>>
>>>> You're right about both affirmations. Imho, on the next version, the
>>>> core should contain only th...
>>>
>>> hammett
>>> http://hammett.castleproject.org/
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