Re: [wxperl-users] wxPerl Community project...

[Daniell F. <win...@gm...>]

One more thought.

How about an easy way to package wxPerl apps so they are be run on  
systems that don't have Perl or the wx libraries on it.  That would  
be awesome as well.

I'm not sure how I could help with either of these projects (due to  
time constraints), but I'd be willing to try.

Thanks,
Dan Freed

On Feb 12, 2007, at 6:19 PM, Mark Dootson wrote:

> Huub,
>
> If you get this underway then certainly, I would be happy to  
> contribute.
>
> Like others, I'm not sure it will have the effect you hope for - but
> that's just opinion at this point.
>
> "Killer App" - I'm not so sure on this either. I tend to think 'Killer
> Platform / Framework' and it seems to me that Eric's 'Web 3.0' just
> about hits the nail on the head.
>
> I would say we need a wxPerl IDE written in wxPerl that in itself  
> should
> demonstrate:
>
> One way of separating out the GUI code from the logic code.
> One approach to the POE problem.
> A bunch of wizards for common interface elements.
>
> This is non-trivial as, Perl being Perl, we'd probably spend an
> inordinate amount of time arguing about whether building an IDE  
> that by
> its nature would be prescriptive about how the GUI code was structured
> was a good idea at all, let alone ever agreeing on what that  
> particular
> structure should be. I call it an IDE rather than a 'Dialog  
> Designer' as
> I would regard it as necessary for an app of this type to impose a
> structure on the GUI code and I'd regard that as a positive thing.
>
> We need a bunch of 'data aware' controls and a common data interface
> that fits with Erics 'Web 3.0' analogy - Prior list postings would
> suggest that much work towards this has been done in some form or
> another. Whether this would end up as a DBI::Web3 or a Web3::Recordset
> type of thing I'm not sure at present. But Wx::DataGrid and  
> Wx::DataCtrl
> are a must.
>
> We need a report designer GUI that makes it easier to produce  
> formatted
> printed output. Yep - I know CPAN's awash with possible solutions for
> coding this - my point would be that we need a high level interface to
> one of these solutions.
>
> With those things in place, there's a chance of getting much wider  
> usage
> for wxPerl.
>
>> From that point, throw PostgreSQL and its support for perl into  
>> the mix
> together with Apache/Modperl and you have the complete ' .PerlWEB3'
> cross platform framework.
>
> It seems to me that the wxPerl C documentation is perfectly good as a
> functional reference.
>
> The real issue is the inordinate amount of time it takes someone to  
> get
> to their first working screen with maybe a functional menu or two.  
> This
> produces a perception that using wxPerl is difficult and time  
> consuming
> - which is the opposite of what any perl effort should be. I don't  
> think
> the answer is a bunch of documentation on how to achieve it. Working
> code in an IDE/Designer would do the job perfectly.
>
> My .NET colleagues may spend twice as long as I do getting their logic
> to work. but they aren't spending their time trying to figure out the
> correct way to exit a program or destroy a frame. This gives them the
> perception that their environment is somehow more productive.
>
> So count me in to contribute to any Wiki / Kwiki.
>
> I'd be very interested in collaborating on any IDE/Designer or 'Web  
> 3.0'
> effort.
>
> Regards
>
> Mark
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