Re: hand code vs. WYSIWYG

Rick,
Thanks for your input on this. I have used VE before and have had similar
problems, but they don't seem to bad. I will have to try it more with
Eclipse rather than WDSC to try the copy and past function.

I usually don't like generated code, but I do like how VE does it. I just
always wonder what people are doing. Do most people hand code or use some
sort of visual editor for UI.

So, thanks for the input.

James R. Perkins


On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 7:40 AM, Rick DuVall <R_C_DUVALL@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hi James,

I haven't done any JSF but I have done a lot of swing. I use
Eclipse 3.2 & VE to do my interfaces and I love it. It allows you
to copy and paste visual Objects and the design advantage of seeing
it as you develop it is great. That doesn't mean that I *never*
hand tweak anything and I readily admit that the editor can be
somewhat shaky at times. It is not too unusual for me to have to
close and re-open a swing class to let the VE recover its cool
after doing a bunch of stuff that confused it, but it still is so
far ahead of hand coding that there is no question about me using
it.

I did have a bit of trouble setting it up the first time but it was
worth the trouble and as soon as I got it working I zipped it up
for later installs - ready to go.

I used the VE in WDSCI 7 at first, but it did not allow for
copy/paste on a Visual Object level and it was major shaky. Now
that I'm on Eclipse V3.2 everything is much better...

Have Fun! ;)


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