Re[2]: The sorry state of wxPerl (Wiki)

Monday, February 20, 2006, 11:29:48 AM, you wrote:
> This is a side issue, but my put dissuade people from using wxPerl. The
> version number currently stands at 0.27, and there is no hint that it is
>> ever going to get to version 1.0. This implies to the casual user that
> wxPerl is not yet in a fit state for use.

Yes, although minor to those now using wxPerl, it is confusing to newcomers. 
When they see wx is at 2.6.2 and wxPython at 2.6, and then wxPerl at 0.27. The 
first reaction is "Oh, interesting, but I'll come back when it's matured". *We* 
all know that wxPerl is mature, but they don't.

I released a wxPerl shareware app 3 years ago and no regular Windows users 
could tell the difference, in fact other programmers presume it is a regular 
Windows app written in C/C++. Only it was written in probably half or a third 
of the time :-)

So I think we need to sing the praises of wxPerl outside of this mailing 
list...BUT before we do that we need to make newbie access easier, help 
ourselves with better documentation, and make it understandable how to wrap 
classes. My attempts were stopped through lack of documentation. Mattia was 
kind enough to eventually wrap the classes I needed, and others are now 
helping, but things could be improved with some tutorials on XS and wx.

Marcus



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