[Laszlo-user] new visual IDE

[Benjamin Shine]

Can you share your mechanism for indexing the laszlo documentation?

On Nov 20, 2007, at 8:50 AM, bjdevlin wrote:

>
> Hi Rich
>
> We are in agreement that an IDE is very likely to spur Laszlo  
> development
> even further.  I'm trying to find ways in which the IDE can  
> actually help
> reduce the learning curve.  Over the last few days I've added a  
> mechanism to
> index any locally-installed Laszlo documentation.  The IDE can now  
> provide a
> lookup to context-sensitive help based on the current element.
>
> But of far more importance for learning Laszlo is the new Klein  
> book from
> Manning.
>
> Thanks for the offer of beta testing.  I'm sure I'll take you up on  
> it.  I
> hope to have a beta ready in a couple of weeks.
>
> Bernard
>
>
>
> Rich Christiansen wrote:
>>
>> By the way, I'm ecstatic to hear that you're developing a new IDE.  I
>> personally feel there are two things keeping Laszlo from full-scale
>> adoption:
>>
>> 1. Poor tool support
>> 2. Steep learning curve
>>
>> Your IDE should help greatly with the first issue.  I'm not sure  
>> how to
>> address the second issue.  Perhaps just improved documentation?
>>
>> Anyway, if we can do anything to help (e.g. beta testing), please  
>> let us
>> know. :)
>> -Rich
>>
>>
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