Re: NewEra, is it any good?

In article <bash.069x@bash.demon.co.uk>, Bashir Akram <bash@bash.demon.co.uk> says: > >Whats NewEra like these days? >Which version are Informix up to? >Is it any good? >Major bugs? >Good development enviroment? >When is the next version out? should be much better? > >How does it compare with VB? Can't say I'm an expert but I've been on the course and understand the major competitors eg VB, Gupta, PB, CDE 2 etc. I also don't work for any of the vendors. It's version 1.xx and a pretty good version one. It's more like a version two in terms of robustness and speed. It has a good structure - is rather clunky (user interface) in places - is a strong foundation - upgradeability from Informix 4Gl is not strong - it integrates well with Windows - as you go thru it you receive the impression that they've copied features from a lot of other tools. Has reasonable OO by 4GL GUI tool standards - is still only an early version and will probably need two mor major versions to be a real industrial strength tool. Netx major version is out Q3/Q4 this yr I think - all sorts of goodies promised - would rather wait to see them before I comment. Overall a good development environment with one or two horrendously irritating deficiencies. VB is,in my book, a very good tactical dev tool with excellent prototyping which has problems scaling up. To my mind New Era is aimed at a larger project market than VB. It is starting with the intention of being a serious development tool. I don't see them as comparable tools - they overlap but are intended for different marketplaces. Paul Kellett Keep it Simple Ltd (NZ)