site_archiver@lists.apple.com Delivered-To: Webobjects-dev@lists.apple.com Chuck On Jan 31, 2005, at 3:48 PM, Lachlan Scott wrote: Can someone tell me about the status of Windows support for WO development generally, please? Regards This email sent to chill@global-village.net _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Webobjects-dev mailing list (Webobjects-dev@lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/webobjects-dev/site_archiver%40lists.... That depends. :-) If you use the Apple supplied IDE on Windows it, well, it sucks quite a lot. If you use Eclipse and WOLips on Windows it is quite good. OS X has xCode for an IDE. Some like it, but they need psychiatric help. Eclipse and WOLips run fine on OS X too, though perhaps a bit slower than on Windows. The other tools (WOBuilder, EOModeler, etc.) are slightly older on Windows than on OS X, but I don't really notice much of a difference in practice. They are fairly buggy on both platforms. I use both platforms for development but don't deploy on Windows. I've not noticed any issues doing this other than the insistence of Windows text editors to append ^M in text files which can cause problems. Just avoid those editors. The real question, and one that nobody knows the answer to, is how much long Apple will continue to provide tools for the Windows platform. My money is on "not long". For example, are the development tools on a par with the OSX tools; are there issues in development or deployment created by the cross-platform work, etc? Any feedback at all and outrageous opinions generally :-) would be of interest. Lachlan Scott _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Webobjects-dev mailing list (Webobjects-dev@lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/webobjects-dev/chill%40global- village.net -- Practical WebObjects - a book for intermediate WebObjects developers who want to increase their overall knowledge of WebObjects, or those who are trying to solve specific application development problems. http://www.global-village.net/products/practical_webobjects This email sent to site_archiver@lists.apple.com