When we started Dabo, I already had projects on my plate for which I needed the library. So initial coding of the library was refactoring pieces of this and that I'd saved elsewhere for specific needs.
The class designer as you see it now is at least the second complete rewrite, and was built iteratively over the years. I simply couldn't ever spend the needed time to test the class designer on my real projects, because I couldn't afford to risk derailing my projects to do the in-depth testing needed. The best test is to actually use the software for your day-to-day needs. Also, I feel at home with the toolkit I've developed over the years, and my code/test cycle is very fast. I never have a .py file open without saving for more than a few minutes, and vim keeps a backup file around in case my computer crashes or something. I've never lost code, my development cycle is fast and comfortable, I don't have to wonder if I'll ever need to hand-edit XML, so why switch? My dev kit is basically a bunch of separate terminal windows open, vim, and frequent commits to subversion. Every now and then I use a debugger or the profiler, but usually I know exactly where the problem is already (because I only just caused it), and when I'm confused I find it easy and quick to sprinkle print statements to narrow down the problem. I always make test code at the bottom of my UI files, so when I'm in the layout process I can quickly run the form/panel/whatever without loading the whole app. Laying out a UI with vim this way probably involves a couple hundred edit/run cycles for even the simplest form, but I'm cool with it and I really don't feel that my tools slow me down too much in the long run, because code is explicit. copy/paste boilerplate is one thing I do to avoid having to type boring sizer code over and over. Paul _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: Dabo-users@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/dabo-users Searchable Archives: http://leafe.com/archives/search/dabo-users This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/4b58aec4.9050...@ulmcnett.com
