Re: NewEra: is anyone using it?

On 24 Jan 1996, Jeff Pickett wrote: > > So, I hear there is a new front-end tool for the windows environment. I > checked out the informix web page and I must say it sounds pretty nifty. > But I look in the newsgroup, and I see that very few people are talking > about it. That indicates to me that either no one is using it, or it > works so well there is no need to talk about it. > > I would really appreciate any comments, comparisons, or reviews anyone > would like to post about the New Era tool. > > What type of PC hardware should one buy to develop in New Era? > > What type of PC hardware should one buy to run an application written in > New Era? > > Is it as good as its competitors? > > > Thanks in advance, > Jeff Pickett Jeff, I have been to a NewEra training class, back when 1.1 was out. At that time NewEra's front end was slow to do development. Compiling a 2 form screen took awhile. Things might not be as bad with P133 and a lot of memory. NewEra is ok. The front end development (IDE) really really sucks. But the 4gl++ is really nice. But it will also be a hard thing to learn if you never used Informix's 4gl before. I still have not decided what front end tool I am going to used for devolopment. Right now I have 3 choices. Jam7, Unify Vision, and NewEra. Right now it is a toss up between Unify Vision and NewEra. I am starting to lean towards Unify Vision just because we have other applications written in a previous version of Vision called Accell. Matt