>I've read about 30 of these messages now and I'm still waffling...and now have another question.
>
>Are there any drawbacks to RADs vs Frameworks?
>And
>What about learning curves and maintenance?
>
>Rick

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This is a subject that has been mulled over here over the last several weeks / months. What we settled on boils down to this.

With a framework, you have no choice but to accept the assumptions of the designers of the framework. The benefit there is that things you may not have time, resources, or desire to develop on your own may already be included. Personally I don't like frameworks, because I don't like being boxed into their assumptions.

What we've done is develop a set of libraries with classes containing the functionality we want the way we want to implement it. The result is like a toolbox with all the wrenches, screwdrivers etc handy when needed.

Just my two cents worth.

Regards,