--- Will Hill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Does Quanta "integrate" like .NET's IDE?

Don't know. From your description below, it seems like
it simulates it, at least for HTML.

>  It seems
> to do classes and have a 
> big library behind it.  For instance version 3.2,
> looking at a "a href" tag 
> on one of my lame static pages pulls up all sorts of
> attributes that are not 
> there.  They are presented in a separate frame as a
> collapsible tree.  These 
> include name, coords, charset on blur and others. 
> It also lists "Script" 
> stuff that is not there either, onkeyup, onmouse
> down and so on.  I imagine 
> that this framework can be extended to Perl, Mono or
> anything else but have 
> no clue.  

However, these aren't objects instantiated from HTML
"classes". I assume Quanta is generating its dropdown
menus of HTML attributes, etc, from a static file and
not the XHTML schema. So, for instance, how would you
create a new HTML, or XML rather, tag with attributes
that could be handled via dropdown menus? Basically,
how extensible is Quanta?

> A little digging reveals:
> 
> Quanta Pages:
> http://quanta.sourceforge.net/
...
> 
> Also, is it true that M$ has patents on all sorts of
> trivial .NET methods?  

Yes, it is. However, Mono has it covered:
http://www.mono-project.com/about/licensing.html#patents

I realize I am committing heresy here for praising
something that Microsoft has done, but free means
freedom to me, not religious zealotry. Microsoft has
certainly copied good ideas from the free and open
source software communities; Mono is simply doing the
same.

Summary: If you _develop_ software, check out Mono.
You might like it.

John Hebert

> On Wednesday 30 June 2004 10:33 am, John Hebert
> wrote:
> > Speaking as someone who has done a lot of HTML
> webapp
> > coding using a variety of tools and technologies,
> it
> > is hard to ignore the speed of ASP.NET development
> due
> > to its tight integration between the IDE and the
> > control classes. The capability to examine an
> object's
> > methods on the fly while you are coding is
> essential
> > to RAD.
> 
> > What I am trying to point out here is that there
> is a
> > neat technology out there which is being legally
> > "appropriated" by the Mono project. IMO, serious
> > coders should take a look. I think the Linux
> community
> > should learn to copy what works when it is
> appropriate
> > and legal, instead of adhering to the "not created
> > here" mentality.
> 
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