Haha, true. I'll give it a look anyway, if for no other reason than to be able to talk about it with some basis.
John -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dave Crozier Sent: Friday, August 20, 2010 10:58 AM To: 'ProFox Email List' Subject: RE: [NF] Visual Studio Lightswitch John, Always remember that it's no good having a Lightswitch if the bulb is useless!!!! <lol> Dave C -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of john harvey Sent: 20 August 2010 15:31 To: 'ProFox Email List' Subject: RE: [NF] Visual Studio Lightswitch Rick, Isn't LightSwitch for non programmers? I figure to learn it, only so I can show an end user how to build something. John Harvey -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Rick Schummer Sent: Friday, August 20, 2010 9:21 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [NF] Visual Studio Lightswitch >> then I could go for it.<< There are two other major drawbacks they need to hurdle for me to seriously consider using it for anything other than quick and dirty, or one-off solutions: * Ability to change the results (I know I can create my own templates, this is not what I am referring to) * Get to version 3.0 so I know they are serious about keeping it around Right now it is generating code, compiling to assemblies, and tossing the code. Even the weak VFP App and Form Wizards allow you to change the resulting code base. It is not even to release 1.0 and they only in the last few days are getting developer feedback from people who are not in the inner circle. I believe this team is going to get quite a bit of feedback, and so far they sound like they are willing to listen and adjust as needed. >> Supported a higher-level language like Python, Ruby or Lua<< I heard an interview (can't recall which one) that other languages might be supported in the future, but as we have seen, Microsoft is severely cutting resources on two of the languages in your list. So I don't hold much hope for this prospect. Rick White Light Computing, Inc. www.whitelightcomputing.com www.swfox.net www.rickschummer.com [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/0ed001cb4082$0f845cd0$2e8d16...@[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
