On Sat, 22 Dec 2001 at 12:43, Jerome Tan wrote: > Depends on which side you are looking... for learners, better drop the > wizards, code generators, etc.
On this aspect I definitely agree with you. It's unfortunate, though, that a lot of people learn from and with wizards and code generators, and get stuck there. But then maybe there's a place in the world for this. "Technical self sufficience" of non-techies? > But when you are into rapid application development to have the solution > implemented, then why not use it? I wonder, does RAD not take maintainability into place? I'm one of those "started off with the wizards" guys: it's a given if you weren't born to Linux. And really, one of the reasons why I -like- working with stuff like Python is because unlike with point-and-click RAD wizardry (like say, Microsoft Access), knowing the code helps significantly when it comes to maintaining a particular piece of customized software. With Access I found myself redoing and redoing the f*cking forms, spending most of my time trying to keep the look consistent when I'd add a field here, a new subtable there. This is a fact of RAD wizardry that justifies the initial development "lag" required by the alternative. > Just the practical side I think... Practical side here, too. And I learned the hard way. :( --> Jijo -- Federico Sevilla III :: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Network Administrator :: The Leather Collection, Inc. GnuPG Key: http://jijo.leathercollection.ph/jijo.gpg _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
