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Grom:
I would say that GUI developer is priority number one. At first most of all people are watching at first on to a GUI developer and UML plugins. As second on to other stuff.  I do like Code::Blocks, because I am working with multi platform scientific problems.
But if Byo will not get help and strong support in his "heroes quest" - probably a lot of people will change the environment. I think in Code::Blocks development Byo's wxSmith project should have priority number one.
The VisualWx looks like cool stuff and have promising future. If that will be cross-platform free software - Code::Blocks will die :cry:.
As an idea - that will be grate to have a UML plugin in Code::Blocks  :idea:.

byo:

--- Quote from: DC@DR on December 14, 2006, 12:42:09 am ---I just wonder will we gonna have some kind of "form design" tool with new wxSmith? It's always nice to drag&drop "widgets" around a form and play with it :-).

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It currently support drag&drop even in old wxSmith (only one thing not using it is adding items into current form, but this will change soon).


--- Quote from: SamT on December 14, 2006, 01:53:13 am ---I am using wxSmith because it's embedded in CB.  :)
Hope to have more progress with more function integrated or an open arch which could add component easily. Many people could contribute to enlarge the component base, just like wiki.

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Yop, one of main goals of new framework is to provide easy support for user-defined widgets and other stuff (including new GUIs).


--- Quote from: Grom on December 14, 2006, 02:56:29 am ---I would say that GUI developer is priority number one. At first most of all people are watching at first on to a GUI developer and UML plugins. As second on to other stuff.  I do like Code::Blocks, because I am working with multi platform scientific problems.
But if Byo will not get help and strong support in his "heroes quest" - probably a lot of people will change the environment. I think in Code::Blocks development Byo's wxSmith project should have priority number one.
The VisualWx looks like cool stuff and have promising future. If that will be cross-platform free software - Code::Blocks will die :cry:.
As an idea - that will be grate to have a UML plugin in Code::Blocks  :idea:.

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Ok, first think - I don't think that C::B will day because even now many people use it without RAD designer - just because it has many other features developers like. And it looks like interest in C::B is growing (f.ex. new backend for Reactos' rbuild creating C::B projects was added recently).

But in fact I understand you may be little bit worried about future of wxSmith. Last few months i was working on code which already should be done (Yop, we're learning all the time, me too, I had to learn many things about design stage of a project :( and some lack of experience resulted in few really big bugs in project level )

Another thing is that I haven't seen cyberkoa for few months and I'm developing wxSmith alone (if I remember correctly, almost all 25k lines of code in new wxSmith i've written by myself).

But here are some good news: just in few days new wxSmith will have all major features of old wxSmith so switch to new one should be done soon. After that I'll start working on new features. And in short-term plan I'll try to write some docs / improove code to support user-defined widgets and hope that other people will help me increasing wxSmith's functionality :) Practise show one clear thing today: giving ability to add custom stuff for anybody and support from community is a big treasure for projects like wxSmith.

Regards
  BYO

joubertdj:
 :D Great job BYO...


--- Quote ---And it looks like interest in C::B is growing
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And if C::B grows... wxSmith will grow and receive contributions from other developers!

Good Luck

thomas:

--- Quote from: Grom on December 14, 2006, 02:56:29 am ---If that will be cross-platform free software - Code::Blocks will die :cry:.
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Well, that's a bit of a sinister view, considering they don't even have the same target user base as we do. :)
Neither DialogBlocks, wxDesigner, wxCpp, nor any of the many other RAD tools caused Code::Blocks to die until now :)

As of UML, many people I know (including myself) see it rather as a toy than a serious thing. Some even consider it a waste of development time. Maybe it's good for some academic purposes, I wouldn't know. Maybe it is used in certain circles, I would not know either.
Having said that, it may be daring to assume that most people will be looking for UML as the first thing.

I think most programmers will look for an IDE that works, an IDE that supports the compiler they use, and that takes care of the dirty things they don't like (as managing project files).

tiwag:

--- Quote from: thomas on December 14, 2006, 10:57:02 am ---...As of UML, many people I know (including myself) see it rather as a toy than a serious thing. Some even consider it a waste of development time. Maybe it's good for some academic purposes, ...

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mostly useful for students which have to document their homework using UML diagrams ...

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