DreamCard Review-PCPLUS

[Frank D. Engel, Jr.]

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It's a Windows magazine, probably written by Windows fans.  What do 
they know?

;-)

Seriously, they are both correct, and lacking.  Rev is by far an easier 
environment to work with than Visual Studio, and personally I hate 
Microsoft stuff.  OTOH, the documentation is quite lacking from the 
perspective of learning how to use Rev (the tutorials in RevOnline are 
a nice start, but still lacking).  Additionally, there are some flaws 
in the interface design of the IDE which can be quite confusing for new 
users.

Rev is *very* nice after you know where to look for things, but 
HyperCard it is not.

On Dec 22, 2004, at 8:30 AM, webmailman wrote:

> Dreamcard2.5 slammed hard by PCPLUS!
> Rating: 4 of 10
>
> Time to wake up and smell the coffee, Revolutionaries!
>
>
> In issue 224 (Christmas 2004), Paul Hudson gives readers his insights 
> into Dreamcard 2.5. Here are a few excerpts:
>
> "An integrated development environment designed to allow 
> non-programmers to become programmers. Bizarrely designed to make even 
> the simplests operations difficult beyond belief, VisualBasic.NET is 
> faster and a great deal easier to use."
>
> [Tranlsation: Non-intuitive interface is a severe handicap. VB.NET is 
> easier for beginners.]
>
>
> "If you're a non-programmer and want to stay a non-programmer, for 
> goodness sake use PowerPoint, Access, Visual Basic for Applications, 
> or some other tool you already have. If you want to become a 
> programmer, this is perhaps the finest example of how not to do 
> it--stick with Visual Studio."
>
> [Translation: For typical office and home users, use your existing MS 
> tools; they're more than adequate for most of your needs. If you want 
> to test the waters of becomming a programmer, don't waste time with 
> DreamCard; go directly to Visual Studio.]
>
>
> "The GUI looks easier than it is--full marks go to the menu bars for 
> total confusion."
>
> [Translation: What were they thinking when they came up with the 
> ridiculous tool bar system?]
>
>
> "As with other graphical IDEs, you can drag and drop components 
> directly onto your window and manipulate them visually--at this point 
> you're thinking that sounds something like VB.NET.  Sadly, that vision 
> is cruelly shattered when you try to make your GUI do something. 
> Adding functionality throws you into the deep-end, grasping wildly for 
> some sort of documentation to help you out. Documentation there is, 
> but it doesn't help you."
>
> [Translation: There is ducomentaion, but the design sux so bad as to 
> be next to useless.]
>
>
> "The 'programs' you make now that you're a programmer get run through 
> DreamCard Player, which is a great way to burst the bubble of 
> professionalism in just three easy steps."
>
> [If you want your presentations to look profesional, better stick with 
> tried-and-true tools that you probably already know, like PowerPoint.]
>
>
> Looks like some re-think is in order...
>
>
>
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Frank D. Engel, Jr.  <fde101 at fjrhome.net>

$ ln -s /usr/share/kjvbible /usr/manual
$ true | cat /usr/manual | grep "John 3:16"
John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten 
Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have 
everlasting life.
$
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