I just wanted to say thank you to Robert and this community for the great discussion on this thread and allowing me to start it. We are still going over our options, but this has been a big help.
Thank You, Steve Kevill On Fri, May 9, 2014 at 10:58 AM, Scott Cadillac <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > > > > When I made the transition to ASP.NET from Tango (early 2001?), I found > the learning curve steep and I had to totally change how I thought about > application design. Some days I really missed the Tango Editor and it’s > graphical ease. > > > > For the most part it has been true that building an application from > scratch can be faster using the Tango inspired Editor, than using MS Visual > Studio. > > > > But now-a-days this statement is no longer true. With the advent of jQuery > and other Libraries & Frameworks like Twitter Bootstrap, MVC and Razor > syntax – building a sophisticated application quickly in Visual Studio is > almost trivial. Not to mention the gains in extensibility, like Web API and > Azure. > > > > I sincerely don’t mean to muddy the waters here. I truly wish Robert every > success, but some statements in this thread are not entirely accurate (in > my opinion). > > > > In my experience, the success of a Software project will first of all > largely hinge on how capable your people are. The tools they use are > secondary to their skills, because their preferred tool will give them the > path of least resistance (and presumably speed them on their way) and their > not-first-choice tool will definitely slow them down – especially if they > resist the transition to a new toolset. > > > > The idea that a good Developer’s toolset is interchangeable with their > skills sounds practical, but in reality should be taken with a pragmatic > grain-o-salt. This is not necessarily true in all cases, but definitely > some. > > > > So Steve, you’ve asked some good questions here about platform choices, > but have you asked your current Developers what they prefer? Because you > might already have your answer, in which case it becomes a problem of the > low-hanging fruit and how high up the tree you need to go ;-) > > > > All the best! > > Darth Cadillac > > > > > ------------------------------ > To unsubscribe from this list, please send an email to > [email protected] with "unsubscribe terascript-talk" in the body. > ---------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list, please send an email to [email protected] with "unsubscribe terascript-talk" in the body.
