Hi, Robert Gelb (a Visual Basic guru) has written up another book review for Nigel McFarlane's 700+ page Mozilla XUL thriller for the vbRAD.com site.
For a change Robert isn't afraid to tell it like it is and doesn't pull any punches. Robert writes: As I started reading it, one thing jumped out at me with a vengeance: the author mentioned that Mozilla technology encourages RAD (Rapid Application Development for those under the rock). After my initial set of hysterical laughing has subsided, I continued on. RAD is Visual Basic, Delphi, Vs.Net, Jbuilder, etc… RAD is when you drag a Table object from the Component palette onto a window and assign a database table to it and you have a quickie app. Mozilla is NOT RAD. Actually, I have a sneaking suspicion that a lack of a true RAD tool is impeding acceptance of Mozilla technologies in the corporations and marketplace, in general. Let's face it, outside of a few apps, like ActiveState Komodo and the now defunct Oeone Home Desktop, there hasn't really been any large scale development. Mostly extensions for/by the Firebird/Thunderbird crowd. ... Developing apps with/for Mozilla can be quite a scary proposition to someone who had no prior exposure to it. To that end, McFarlane does a really credible job of breaking through the Mozilla-speak (XPCOM, XPInstall, XBL, RDF, etc…) and explains it all away with a really deft concepts diagram that connects the logical dots. Robert concludes: Overall, the book is fantastic. The technologies are explained in a very succinct manner. The book just seems really well thought out. If you are interested in investigating Mozilla technologies and/or planning on developing a full-on app, I totally recommend this read. Full story @ http://www.vbrad.com/pf.asp?p=reviews/books/brRapidMozDev.htm Let us know what you think about Nigel's book. Anyone got a copy? - Gerald ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials. Become an expert in LINUX or just sharpen your skills. Sign up for IBM's Free Linux Tutorials. Learn everything from the bash shell to sys admin. Click now! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1278&alloc_id=3371&op=click _______________________________________________ xul-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xul-talk
