Peter Haworth wrote:
The problem is, I'm probably going to need a front script anyway because
plugins don't get revxxx messages for all the events I need to know about
(e.g., the creation/deletion of a control). Not sure why the revxxx
messages are quite so selective.
I'm also running into issues with some of the revxxx messages. revNewTool
doesn't happen and revPreOpenStack happens not only when a stack is opened
but also when it is closed ( I have no idea why that would happen).
Frontscripts are fine. In fact, I generally recommend them over
anything provided by the IDE, because engine stuff is both more
efficient and less subject to change.
There seems to be a design philosophy at play with some of the IDE
decisions in which they want to make it as user-friendly as a
conventional productivity app. Noble as that goal may be, this is a
development tool; it not only plays by very different rules given its
radically different nature, but its audience is comprised entirely of
people with above-average IQs (probably almost exclusively 120 and
above), as is necessary for effective use of any programming language.
So rather than invent layer upon layer of sugary things to try to make
life easier for programmers, spend the time instead on just teaching
them to use the engine effectively.
Besides, such layers add their own complexity which not only introduces
a greater likelihood of potential bugs, but are themselves things that
must be learned and accommodated. (Not to mention the time RunRev has
to spend writing and maintaining them relative to a few lines in the docs).
Frontscripts are powerful, they are unlimited in number in the IDE, and
while it's almost always a good idea to pass all messages a frontscript
traps, that one rule is easy to learn.
Know the engine.
Trust the engine.
Use the engine.
:)
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