Sorry for the lack of updates...

For the people eagerly awaiting new blogs from me, I'm sorry, but I'm in 'crunch-mode' at the moment, which means every minute of my time is spent to finish LLBLGen Pro before the end of August. It should go beta this week (as it is 99% feature complete, the last big hurdle was taken today, *pfew* :)). There are so many interesting topics I wanted to blog about last week and this week, but I simply don't have the time (to name a few: where to put my Business Logic code? Why a blog reader that can post blogs is a weird idea. VS.NET wish list part 3... etc.). When I find some minutes to blog some info, I'll try to do that in the coming week(s), however I'm more of a 'lecturer' blogger than a 'this passed my braincells just a few seconds ago and of course I found the need to share it with you'-blogger, so I hope to find some short blog-ideas that still can be very useful to you, my dear reader :)

In the meantime, why don't you read Jimmy's blog of today about the Why and the How. Excellent vision.

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  • Thanks for the pointer Frans and good luck with your 'crunch-mode'! As you know, I'm very much behind with my blogging too. I have at least two blog posts that you have commented very well and which I have to write about again. In a week or two...

    :-)



    Best Regards,

    Jimmy

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  • Thanks for the support, Jimmy! :) I hope the painting of the house is progressing as planned :)

  • Perhaps not progressing as <i>planned</i>, but at least progressing <i>enough</i>.



    Ah, I found another area for applying Agile/XP. "What is the smallest amount of painting that would possibly work?"

    :-)

  • Frans will this be a public beta?



    Have you decided on a pricing structure yet?



    Cheers

  • The beta won't be public, but a select group of people will beta-test the betaversion. The estimated 'street' price is 170EUR excl. VAT. for a site/department license, thus 4 developers? 1 price :), and the runtime license is of course free.

  • I like the price Frans, I was hoping I wouldn't be priced out of the market and this sounds more than generous. I have looked at other products from thona and co but the cost is astronomical. For a small coding shop with an even smaller budget this is ideal.



    Once the "select" group has finished beta testing will there be a try before you buy?

  • :) Yes there will be a 'demo' version available, so you can try it out. The competition costs a fortune especially when you are with 2 or more developers and they can't live up the price the ask.

  • Champion I have a project waiting to go but I'm holding out so I can try your software. I'm hoping this is a cure for all my DB headaches. Can't wait to try it out!

  • I hope it won't dissapoint you :) If I won't make the sept 1 date, I'll mail you and you can get started with a preview version.

  • Thanks Frans that would be great. I'm sure you'll not disappoint if your previous work is anything to go by!

  • I'm sort of in the same boat. I have a project that I would love to use llblgen pro on. If there's still room in your public beta, let me know! ;-)



    bonder@digitalarcana.com

  • Bruce: it's a private beta, not a public beta, sorry :) At the moment the beta testing is going well, no need for extra hands, but thanks for the offer. :)

  • Oops, I meant to write "Private" not "public." :) Oh well! Do you imagine the beta taking much longer than two months or so?

  • Bruce: Naah we're currently very close to release candidate quality actually :) Most big bugs are ironed out in the last couple of days. What's left is documentation and the glitches that pop up in the next couple of days. :)

  • Stijn: You have to pay for a license to use the tool, and the tool generates code which targets the runtime library that comes with the tool (a set of base classes). Some competitors also ask a fee for usage of the runtime, I don't. If you have payed for a license, you can generate as much applications as you want and you don't have to pay for a runtime license.

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