Re: [Dynapi-Dev] Next Generation

[<hv...@ya...>]

About the current discussion on OO, JS, OOJS and the confusion on what =
they are:

OO is the model.
OOM is the method.
OOP is the technique.

Therefor JS is a tool of the prottyping OO technique. It's unnecessary =
to create a more classbased structure of what is essentially a merge of =
prototyping and class-inheritance (ie DynAPI). It's merely a question of =
approach wheter to use prototyping - which is more towards experimental =
development - or class inheritance. the only real different is wheter to =
allow for more unconditional extensability that is the default of =
javascript and which DynAPI is mostly today VS a more conditional class =
inheriting technique.=20

Personally I vote for the previous and I think most others who are more =
designers at heart prefer it to remain so. The only reason to make =
DynAPI more class inheriting would be to attract more OOP developers =
(who generally are more used to class-inheritencing tools), which of =
course would be great for development, but distracts more from those who =
need the API more - the designers. Consider the folloowing...=20

Developers don't need a new language as much as designer does. There's =
enough class-inheriting OOP tools around for developers. I also think =
Microsoft is moving out of range for designers with their new .NET =
structure which the new ASP+ currently in beta is part of. Is DynAPI OO =
(or next gen) to compete with .NET? I vote for keeping DynAPI structure =
developing as it is and remain a real API, not a programming =
semi-language!

My plead is to focusing on targetting DynAPI for designers. A OO DynAPI =
might instead be bringing design enhancement for programmers to =
comprehand. In other words: keep it separated and focus more on =
different users, but of course all kind of exchange of knowledge is a =
good thing - so also keep a symbiotic relationship between the two (and =
maybe designers and developers will come to understand eachothers =
expertise areas more).

Henrik V=E5glin [ hv...@ya... ]


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