Re: the RPG problem - adrift in the PC-web wind

Hendrik said:

EGL is server centric while the world is moving towards client centric

I don't know about both statements in that one sentence.

EGL is not server centric, you can even use the EGL Rich UI which is
definitely client centric.

EGL is more totalitarian, all encompassing, one tool for all your needs.
This is what i don't like, in these tools in general, not EGL specific.

However, it's flexible enough to suite anyones needs i suppose, but still.

And the world is not going towards client centric.

You can also say "the world" is going server (cloud) centric.
The google vision, so to say, where all data is in the client, and you have
all these different devices such as smartphones and tablets which act as
"windows" to the data in the cloud.

I would say the world is more moving towards server centric.

But, it depends, like always


On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 4:32 PM, Henrik Rützou <hr@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

@Joe,

the problem is that like in an android/iOS app that has their own SDK EGL
dosn't support
a wide range of other client frameworks like EXT JS or Sencha Touch.

EGL is server centric while the world is moving towards client centric


On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 4:22 PM, Joe Pluta <joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

wrote:

On 3/13/2012 7:47 AM, john e wrote:

Anyway, i suppose you don't have to use "data aware" widgets (controls)

if

you don't want to.
EGL can be used to implement an MVP style architectue.
But then you have a completely different story than in the Demo room.
And why choose EGL then (because this is one of the "unique" selling
points).

Have you actually tried the new open source EGL? The WYSIWYG editor
creates widgets with varying degrees of MVC depending on your
architectural approach. Simple widgets with no intelligence for
applications with less future proofing required (say your typical user
ID prompt screen), widgets with MVC capabilities that will intelligently
bind to data, and full form-level MVC where the application talks only
to a form and the form can be adjusted as the application data changes.

EGL has perhaps the most complete MVC implementation of any 4GL out
there. And it's all still part of the demo. :)

Joe
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