One typical question I am asked regularly about Creative Docs .NET is:
"when do you intend to release the GUI code?"
Every time, I am sad to have to reply "not yet". There are several reasons I see for not yet releasing our code:
- I don't think the GUI features are stable enough; releasing the code means I'll have to commit to some backward compatibility. For now, I prefer to remain free to change anything without breaking code which does not belong to me.
- There is no documentation whatsoever.
- I don't know where to find the time to answer the questions which are bound to pour in as soon as other people start using the GUI code. And I can't simply reply RTFM...
- The GUI code is very tightly bound to the rest of our framework. Releasing the GUI code would also require me to release almost every piece of code on which Creative Docs .NET is built.
...ah well, and there is also the fact that I have to get our management's approval first
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