Hi Ed; You are correct that I have not yet used these frameworks. Several others on the core team have. My most was largely aimed at letting the community see why we made the decision we did.
After having done a fair bit of research on this subject (which did not include using any frameworks as this is best saved for real tasks), I concluded that, while these are great frameworks for many applications, it wasn't the best fit for exactly what we were doing. I am not saying I have anything against these frameworks, and I think they are great tools for many other applications. As always the question really ought to be: Over all, does this tool add or reduce complexity to the application? We looked at it when the issue was raised on the list a while back and concluded that it would add complexity and therefore wasn't a good fit. BTW, I think that simple one-off tools are also really bad fits for these frameworks. The best fits tend to be where one may or may not need database-independance for the application, but where there is a commitment to a single development platform for the application and all add-ins. This isn't a matter of the frameworks being mature or not IMO, but rather a matter of what they are designed to do. Also, I don't know about others, but I have actually found this conversation very productive. It has brought up a number of issues involving approach to data model encapsulation that I am going to have to think about and will certainly make for interesting and fruitful discussions later, and I am sure the application will be better for having had the issue raised. Best Wishes, Chris Travers ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Ledger-smb-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ledger-smb-devel
