[news.eclipse.platform.swt] Re: New data binding framework

["David J. Orme" <djo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Konstantin Scheglov wrote:
> David J. Orme wrote:
>
> > If you want to hear about this at EclipseCon, please vote today for 
> > one or more of these submissions!
>
>   We want to know when it will be ready and stabilized. :-)

By what definition of "ready" and "stabilized"?

Officially, API freeze is scheduled for February, or before EclipseCon. 
 (So please vote for Boris's and my talks.)

But if you want to know if the library is ready to use, I'm using it 
right now on a large-scale project, so for me it's "ready".  But it's 
not stabilized yet as in we're still making occasional API changes. 
Most of those changes are very insigificant now.  We occasionally find 
additions we need to make, and this can force a refactoring.

So the question is really "how big is your project?" and "how long-term 
is your investment?"  If you've got a large project or a long-term 
investment, I wouldn't hesitate to get involved today.  Growing with a 
project is the best way to really learn it backwards and forwards.  And 
the Eclipse data binding framework will be the standard data binding 
framework for SWT for years to come, so your investment will pay 
dividends for years to come.


Best regards,

Dave Orme
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Visual Editor Project lead
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