On Oct 3, 4:57 pm, Math1723 <anonym1...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Back in the "exciting" days of REALbasic, there was a great deal of
> talk about the Swordfish project, a web application-building tool that
> was announced 3-4 years ago. It sounded really cool, and was much of
> the talk of the 2004 REALWorld conference.
>
> Since REAL Software moved to their subscription model the following
> year, a lot of the excitement of RB went away, and I kind of lost
> track of it. Last I heard, REAL downgraded Swordfish from a new
> product to a new project type. But I haven't heard if even that has
> come to pass.
>
> Since I am in the market now for a web application tool, I am reminded
> of this va****ware. I was even able to find an old article on it to
> remind me of the details:
http://www.macworld.com/news/2004/03/24/swordfish/
>
> So I think I already know the answer to this, but I'd like it
> confirmed by official channels: Is Swordfish dead? Or are there
> still plans to (someday) revive the idea? Or perhaps some pieces of
> ol' Swordfish have even made it to the latest version of REALbasic?
>
> Thanks in advance.
Swordfish is still on REALbasic's plate, but placed further behind on
the backburner, due to other higher priorities. Swordfish's long
delay has caused it to need updated requirements, such as creating Web
2.0 apps instead of the only Web 1.0 apps as previously envisioned.
So no, it's not officially dead. However, whether it graduates out of
the ranks of va****ware is still questionable.
If it's just CGI creation you want, you theoretically can do that now
(with the Pro version), although I have never seen a sample project
that actrually did that. (Maybe it's buried somewhere in the
examples.)
Jonathan Hoyle
http://www.jonhoyle.com
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