Re: Social media and RPG

"[I] have come to find that I only want the framework to do stuff "magically" in
some areas. If they do "magic" in too many areas then when exceptions come
into play they are really hard to work around and implement."

Exactly! Finding that balance in a framework is tough because more magic is needed at the front of the learning curve while once you have matured you can do with less magic...I used to use an HTML WYSIWYG designer heavily. These days I do more hand-coding because I know exactly what I want and how to get it. I am so used to AJAX and JSON that most of my template-based web development has gone away. Going back to older code can be "painful"...

Best quote of the week IMHO.....

Pete Helgren
Value Added Software, Inc
www.asaap.com
www.opensource4i.com


On 11/11/2010 9:41 AM, Aaron Bartell wrote:

A year ago I was doubtful about the direction you were going with RPGUI,

but I've since come around to see value in it. These sample applets with
Sencha clients interacting with RPG servers do add a new perspective to IBM
i Web development. Thanks for sharing.

You're welcome, and I am glad you see the value in it. I have done web
development using a number of different frameworks (Java and PHP mostly) and
have come to find that I only want the framework to do stuff "magically" in
some areas. If they do "magic" in too many areas then when exceptions come
into play they are really hard to work around and implement.

Very cool concerning AppsOni and Nuvek. Agreed, it is good to see more
people realizing the great stuff and going public with it. Now we just need
to fix the access to IBM i issue and we will be all set to better promote it
:-)

Aaron Bartell
www.MowYourLawn.com/blog
www.OpenRPGUI.com
www.SoftwareSavesLives.com