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From: marcos@netcom.UUCP (Marcos H. Woehrmann)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: What's the best prototyping tool?
Message-ID: <10804@netcom.UUCP>
Date: 11 Apr 90 05:09:57 GMT
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In article <1990Apr11.010338.23342@sun.soe.clarkson.edu>, anthonjw@clutx.clarkson.edu (Jason W. Anthony) writes:
> I've heard of Prototyper and AppMaker.  I've used Prototyper 2.0 and to
> be honest, things didn't go well!  I would get system crashes, things
> disappearing etc.  I know there are newer versions: does anyone know if
> they are any better?+ How's AppMaker?
> 

I've been using Prototyper 2.1 for about 6 months (4 programs).  I'm not
real pleased with it but haven't experienced any system crashes, etc.  The
biggest problem I have is that it generates code which does not act like
it's supposed to (for example, Prototyper will let you change the font of
text items in Dialogs, but the code it generates doesn't work).  Also
it does not generate what I consider "clean" code, constants which really
should be #defines are just left inline, etc.  On the other hand it handles
popup menus, alerts, menus, checkboxes, and most other stuff correctly.

Would I buy it again if given the choice?  Not without looking at AppMaker
first.

marcos
 
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Marcos H. Woehrmann    {claris|apple}!netcom!marcos  or  marcos@netcom
"Apple workers sympathetic to their shunted-aside boss, Jean-Louise Gasee,
protested outside a company building with black berets, clever signs, and
a brief march, then adjourned to a nearby beer bust." - SJ Mercury 02/10/90