ANN: Constellation Script & Property Editor 1.0.0 Released

[Dan Shafer]

Constellation began life at the Revolution Masters Summit in Monterey  
two summers ago when we were all kicking around Rev IDE replacements.  
Some of us were bemoaning the absence of an IDE for Rev that would  
look and behave more like a multi-pane, single-environment  
development tool a la Smalltalk. Jerrry caught the vision and now, at  
long last, he is shipping Constellation.

I've been one of the early testers on this baby from the beginning  
and I have to say that I really, really, REALLY like it. A lot. You  
can spend an entire development cycle in Constellation and never  
leave it. You'll also never have to dork around with dozens of open  
windows and palettes getting lost behind each other. The fact that  
Rev *still* hasn't fixed the stupid backdrop capability so it works  
well in their IDE is a non-issue because with Constellation as your  
IDE, you never have to worry about losing things in the confusion of  
the window-filled screen. And yet, with multiple tabs available, you  
can have multiple stacks, cards, or other objects open and switch  
between then with great ease.

Once you get used to developing in Constellation, it's hard to go  
back to the piecemeal, disjointed-feeling approach taken by the Rev  
IDE. And I can guarantee you that Constellation has fewer quirks and  
bugs and anomalies than the Rev IDE. I sometimes work for several  
hours in Constellation on a project -- even once or twice on multiple  
projects -- and never get lost. Truly amazing.

Give it a whirl, but give it enough of a chance to get your arms  
around it. It's as powerful as the Rev IDE in almost every way and  
it's easier to use but it does require you to undo some of the Rev  
IDE thinking you've grown accustomed to.

For me, Constellation is as big a leap forward as was finding  
Revolution in the first place.




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Dan Shafer, Information Product Consultant and Author
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