There is another component of the "Third Party Drought" in my opinion, and that is in the delivery model. Encrypted classes are a joke because they have been publically cracked several times. What we need are pre-compiled code "plugins" that we can make right in REALbasic. We can take a folder of code and say, "Export Pre-Compiled Plugin" or something like that and safely deliver code libraries.
- Ryan Norman Palardy wrote: > From all the posts so far what I think it comes down to is that > people are afraid that if they use a third party add-on (plugin or > encrypted classes) they run a risk of that item being abandoned. > This could leave them in a position where they cannot fix the add-on > or update their application without a large effort to swap out the > abandoned component for something else. > > The other seems to be a sentiment that "REAL should provide that > anyways". > > I've had the first case occur and it's troublesome, but not > insurmountable. > The second I've personally come to realize is not going to happen and > third party tools are a necessity. > I'd love to buy a language tool and IDE that gave me everything I > could ever want, but in 25 years of coding it's never happened and I > really doubt it will. Not with MS tools, Java tools, or anything else > I've used. Third party add-ons are always a part of the mix whether > they are purchased or open source. > > > So it seems the biggest issue is that of risk. Putting in effort and > then finding that some component has been abandoned. > And how to mitigate that risk ? > If there were the possibility of getting source if a component were > abandoned would that make you more likely to use a third party > component ? > > What WOULD make you use third party components ? > > > > _______________________________________________ > Unsubscribe or switch delivery mode: > <http://www.realsoftware.com/support/listmanager/> > > Search the archives: > <http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/lists.html> > _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe or switch delivery mode: <http://www.realsoftware.com/support/listmanager/> Search the archives: <http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/lists.html>
