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David Jenkins
Jan 7, 2016, 7:05:35 AM1/7/16
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What the world needs, besides peace, is a new edition of the excellent book Windows Programming Made Easy by Maughan and Simon, rewritten for Vision2. I've looked in vain for an equally thorough reference for Vision2. The Vision2 section at docs.eiffel.com is good as far as it goes, but nowhere near as complete as the book is for WEL. I'd love, to take an example I've encountered recently, to have an illustrated explanation for the differences and proper uses for EV_GRID, EV_TABLE, and EV_MULTI_COLUMN_LIST. Sadly, the section "EiffelVision 2 Class Reference" at docs.eiffel.com, that might be the jumping-off point for a description of these and other widgets, is empty. It's a shame--a lot of really good work went into Vision2; that effort deserves equally good documentation.
If I've somehow missed the definitive Vision2 reference, I'd be so grateful to find out about it.
It may be that the time for a Vision2 Programming Made Easy book has passed, that the effort instead would be better spent on designing, producing and documenting UI libraries and tools for browsers and smart phone apps. Understood. Still, just as I'm sure someone somewhere is still writing and maintaining 3270 green-screen UI's, I'm willing to bet that the days of GUI's for laptops and desktops aren't exactly numbered either. It would be a real benefit to have a thorough, well written reference to help.
If I've somehow missed the definitive Vision2 reference, I'd be so grateful to find out about it.
It may be that the time for a Vision2 Programming Made Easy book has passed, that the effort instead would be better spent on designing, producing and documenting UI libraries and tools for browsers and smart phone apps. Understood. Still, just as I'm sure someone somewhere is still writing and maintaining 3270 green-screen UI's, I'm willing to bet that the days of GUI's for laptops and desktops aren't exactly numbered either. It would be a real benefit to have a thorough, well written reference to help.
Rix, Larry
Jan 7, 2016, 9:01:02 AM1/7/16
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I agree with each of the three you’ve mentioned:
1. Thick-client GUI
2. Browser/Webserver/Web-services
3. Mobile applications (phones/tablets)
I will add: RaspberryPi!
The RaspberryPi is relatively young and needs Eiffel. I have seen folks ganging these little $5 PC’s together to produce an impressive “super-computer”, which is tailor made for SCOOP!
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