Investing in Application Generator. Which ones you feel are best?
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Hi, I'm not new to programming, but fairly new to .NET (I'm an old timer). I've been teaching myself C# since I am an old C/Unix programmer and thought it was a better alternative to VB. I've been scouting around for the last month to invest in a RAD tool, and there are some application generators that I have reviewed. So far I've checked out DeKlarit, DevForce, and IronSpeed. The latter is nice but I don't necessarily want to do web apps only. I also own Infragistics controls, so it must be compatible with them. There is quite a price range in these three above, and they all seem to have their pluses and minuses, but I feel it would be worth the investment to get a tool to give me a jump start on some larger scale applications without the huge investment of time in developing my own home grown application framework. Plus at my skill level, my first cut wouldn't be very good anyway. I would appreciate any comments from individuals with experience with the above products, what you think of them, what the strengths and weaknesses, and if you recommend it (please specify what version you own, i.e. basic, professional, enterprise). I would also like to hear about others that I haven't yet reviewed that you found to be preferable. Thank you in advance! John L. Miller.