RE: fourgen

i almost didn't reply to this message, but decided it was my civic duty to do so (i realize there are those out there with equally passionate opinions contrary to my own) our company bought the fourgen case tools, and their accounting and purchase order/inventory control packages. i have not had to deal with the accounting and po/ic packages, but the developers who have are not thoroughly impressed. as with any tool, your first programs may take a little longer, because of the learning curve. but, once you've written a few applications, you'll be able to crank out small, simple applications easily. i have, though, used the case tools, and did not like them. i felt they were clumsy and buggy. and, though others will argue this point, i found that if i wanted to do something even remotely complicated, i ended up fighting with their code generator more than actually programming. i think that you will find, that if you're fairly experienced with informix-4gl, it's quicker to write more complex programs in straight 4gl than with the fourgen case tools. technically, you can do anything in a fougen program you can do in a straight 4gl program, but it's *much* more difficult in the fourgen program...at least for me, personally. -joe- (huddles@hasting.com) ---------- From: ilist To: informix-list Subject: fourgen Date: Friday, May 26, 1995 9:00AM My company is getting ready to spend a lot of money on a distribution package created by Fourgen in Seattle WA. Have you used Fourgen? How did you like the case tools created by Fourgen? Were the Fourgen consultants good to work with? What sucks about Fourgen? If you implemented it, how long did it take you to do it? Did the Fourgen case tools help speed development? I like to code in C. Will these case tools take away my power to make the program do what I want? Thankyou very much for your opinions. -- hal@teleport.COM Public Access User --- Not affiliated with Teleport Public Access UNIX and Internet at (503) 220-1016 (2400-14400, N81)