> From: Doug Averch > The problem with all of these suggestions by our > fellow programmers is that they are piece meal. Get > this tool for editing programs. Get this tool for > gui-izing forms. Get this tool to from Microsoft to > do this or that.
I've been watching the frenzy with interest as well. I've spoken with Rudy about development in the past so I won't place an ad here. The problem with answering a question like this is that other questions and answers preclude coming up with a "right" answer to this one. Rudy likes the elegance of working within Visual Studio. Does that mean he's inclined toward .NET development? If so then we should stick to solutions that facilitate .NET development with MV. I recently published a blog discussing Flex and Silverlight development, and how they both respond in different ways to the frequent requests we see in these forums (low-cost, platform independent, well documented, well supported, easy to get developers, etc). But unless someone has made a decision about what technology they want to use, it doesn't make a lot of sense to propose tools. Heck what about tools for Ruby, PHP, or Java? Rudy asked about SB+. I'm guessing he wants to do web development but maybe thick-client is a possibility. That would prompt mention of some tools in our industry and not others. I've been using NetBeans for PHP here. It's free and quite popular but it's not "integrated" with MV, and that's the next point: Rudy asked for an Integrated Development Environment. That precludes text editors. In addition to something more firm about what technology is preferred, the next questions should really be: - What do you mean by IDE? - What features do you find attractive? - What are your real requirements? I have lots of answers, so the next post will probably be an ad, but I prefer to understand the problem better before proposing solutions. :) Tony Gravagno Nebula Research and Development TG@ remove.pleaseNebula-RnD.com remove.pleaseNebula-RnD.com/blog ------- u2-users mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
