Re: [wtp-dev] Why Do We Need the Preference to Enable Multiple Modules p

[Arthur Ryman <ryman@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Robert,

Yes. I'll do that.

Arthur Ryman,
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Robert Sanheim <rsanheim@xxxxxxxxx>
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07/07/2005 10:27 AM

Please respond to
Robert Sanheim and "General discussion of project-wide or architectural issues."

To	"General discussion of project-wide or architectural issues." <wtp-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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Subject	Re: [wtp-dev] Why Do We Need the Preference to Enable Multiple        Modules per Project?

On 7/7/05, Arthur Ryman <ryman@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>  
> While using WTP to develop some Web apps, I ran into a feature of
our UI
> that I find problematic, and I'd like to hear from other people about
why we
> need this feature. 
>  
> The feature is the Flexible Project Preference. The user now has to
> explicity check a box to enable multiple modules per project. 
>  
> I find this problematic for several reasons: 
>  
> 1. It caused a usability problem. I created a project with a Web module
in
> an earlier build of WTP and then worked on it with a later build which
has
> this preference disabled. It caused the Web service wizard to fail
[1]. This
> will be corrected, but it pointed out to me that this preference is
causing
> bimodal behavior. Our code in now more complex than it needs to be
and there
> is more potential for bugs and usability problems. 
>  
> 2. We went to a lot a development effort to upgrade the code base
to allow
> multiple modules per project. This should be the WTP norm. We should
promote
> this feature and improve our UI to make it very easy for users. Disabling
it
> seems like a step backwards and an admission of failure. 
>  
[snip]...

Shouldn't this be posted to the general WTP newsgroup to get some
feedback from users who may not be following the dev mailing list?

- Rob Sanheim
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