Re: GWT

[Booth Martin <booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I have hesitated to respond because this could so easily turn into a 
Holy War. 

RPG, Report Program Generator, is a code generator.  Its how I make my 
living.  Can it be a surprise I like it?   As I look at other choices 
and realize how much RPG does for me, and how well it protects me from 
myself, I have be appreciative.  Does this mean I believe David's 
attitude is misguided?  Not at all.  He's a fargin' coding genius!  He 
doesn't need to be protected from himself.  :)

I've used, and liked, Pro-Gen.  That was a code generator.  It required 
an attitude of going along to get along.  Tweaking generated code was 
possible, even easy and well documented.  However I never found an 
instance where Pro-Gen wouldn't do what I wanted done.  Tweaking it was 
a waste of client money. 

I used, and liked, VARPG which is a drag & drop application builder and 
I never saw any benefit to knowing how to create/edit .dll files.

I learned how to write HTML pages with Notepad, but the move to Net 
Objects Fusion was a big leap forward in my productivity and  
sophistication.

GWT is still not totally baked, but it does allow me to produce usable 
stuff, and is web-based,, which is where I want to go, anyway.




James Perkins wrote:
> Yes, that's kind of where I was trying to go, but it obviously did not come
> across that way.
>
> I actually don't know that I have heard your opinions on code generators. I
> personally do not like them at all. I don't like the idea of just anybody
> being able to program via a code generator. Having to maintain that code is
> an absolute nightmare. But that's just my opinion on it.
>
> I have downloaded GWT a few times and thought about using it, but it all
> comes down to that generated code. Will it produce what I want? What
> compromise do  I have to make in order to use it? All questions I have
> thought, but haven't researched so they may not be issues in GWT. It just
> boils down to "I'm stuck with what ever code it produces" and I'm just not a
> fan of that. I should probably at check it out though before spewing all
> these opinions.
>
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> James R. Perkins
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