Terry:

I have a few production web apps running that I created with MM.NET. I must say that the framework on the web side at least is still missing some crucial pieces, like complete CRUD (CreateReadUpdateDelete) -functionality built into the framework. Grids are a pain, too, especially if you hope to edit in place. Then there are of course the missing UI pieces, such as tabs, toolbars, text boxes with inputmasks, etc. These I had to develop and figure out myself, and it was not all that much fun. The good news is that ALL of that and then some is provided by Infragistics, which Kevin is currently trying to integrate into MM.NET. At this time I don't know what the timeline for this is, as it clearly is not a trivial task (especially if you want to make it right -- versionproof, inheritanceproofed, etc.proof)

Another thing sorely missing is metadata interface. So, no active datadictionary to be had here, which is too bad.

The last two minuses are not really as much Kevin's oversights as missing parts in .NET as a whole. As I understand, next .NET version will be much more datacentric than the current one, but I still don't know if it will have a built-in "hookable" datadictionary that would allow direct integration with database CASE tools, such as the excellent xCase.

At the end of the day, MM.NET will definitely give you a big productivity boost, once you learn the basic philosophy of it and understand the idiosyncrasies and workarounds of .NET, Web, and MM.NET development. With time (any day now!), MM.NET will be significantly enhanced with these and many other features, and if you already know how to use it if and when that happens, you are way ahead of the game in .NET development. With a good, mature framework like (the near future) MM.NET, .NET development will (someday) be (almost) as easy as VFP <g>.

So, I'd say go for it and start learning. It may pay off big time in the near future.


Pertti



>I would like to hear from anyone who is using the MM.Net framework in a production Web application, if so would you reccomend the product?
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>Terry Carroll