[mapguide-internals] RE: Refactoring Web .NET API into Common DLLs is ready for review.

[Andy Morsell]

Item 1 also has me very concerned.  There are a lot of existing .NET based
MGOS / MGE applications out there.  Some are in direct control of the user
so they may be able to update their .NET project, but many are delivered by
consultants.  W the user updates to a newer release of MGOS / MGE it is not
a good idea for their application to be broken and then have to go back to a
consultant to fix it for them.  For these types of folks (not programmers),
they won't know that their application will break until it's too late.

Your statement of " they may still need rebuild their project without this
RFC after using a new version of MapGuide because of some changes to .NET
API" also has me concerned.  Can you please elaborate on this a little?

Thank you.

Andy 


-----Original Message-----
From: Leaf Li [mailto:leaf.li at autodesk.com] 
Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2009 7:04 AM
To: mapguide-internals at lists.osgeo.org
Subject: [mapguide-internals] RE: Refactoring Web .NET API into Common DLLs
is ready for review.

The key motivation of this RFC is to let other application be able to resue
MapGuide's code.
1. It is ture .NET developer need update their project to add new reference
after this RFC is implemented. However, they may still need rebuild their
project without this RFC after using a new version of MapGuide because of
some changes to .NET API. So adding some new references to their project is
really a minor changes.
2. Currently MapGuide .NET Web API depends on MapGuide environment. It is
nearly for other application to reuse MapGuide .NET API. After refactoring
MapGuide .NET Web API into some common dlls, APIs in Foundation, Geometry
and PlatformBase components can be completely used by other applicaiton such
as coordinate system API. In that time, MapGuide is not only a Web GIS
platform. but also a GIS platform which can be used by both desktop
applicaiton and web applicaiton.

Thanks,
Leaf Li

________________________________________
From: Leaf Li
Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2009 6:47 PM
To: mapguide-internals at lists.osgeo.org
Subject: RE: Refactoring Web .NET API into Common DLLs is ready for review.

I think Jason just gave us a very good sample of one of the benefits to this
RFC. Users can develop other application based on MapGuide API. Actually
those application can be both desktop and web application. I am not sure
whether we can have a MapGuide .NET Desktop SDK currenlty. It isn't
difficult for users to copy several files manually before we have it as long
as we document it.

Thanks,
Leaf Li