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I have been asked a couple of times about what the VCF[^] project could do to garner more publicity, in order to encourage more people to either use it, or help participate in it's development. There is no income involved so we can't afford advertising (unless someone where to donate the money for it). I have one individual who wants to write about their experiences using the VCF in writing their application. Does anyone have any good sites to suggest? Is it acceptable for them to post an article here? If so, is there a particular category where it would go? ¡El diablo está en mis pantalones! ¡Mire, mire! Real Mentats use only 100% pure, unfooled around with Sapho Juice(tm)! SELECT * FROM User WHERE Clue > 0 0 rows returned Save an Orange - Use the VCF!
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I have been asked a couple of times about what the VCF[^] project could do to garner more publicity, in order to encourage more people to either use it, or help participate in it's development. There is no income involved so we can't afford advertising (unless someone where to donate the money for it). I have one individual who wants to write about their experiences using the VCF in writing their application. Does anyone have any good sites to suggest? Is it acceptable for them to post an article here? If so, is there a particular category where it would go? ¡El diablo está en mis pantalones! ¡Mire, mire! Real Mentats use only 100% pure, unfooled around with Sapho Juice(tm)! SELECT * FROM User WHERE Clue > 0 0 rows returned Save an Orange - Use the VCF!
If you read reviews of software there, probably it's there you should publish it. If you don't read them anywhere, probably you should reconsider this, the results may be too low for the effort. [edit]BTW, IMHO you should consider a migration strategy for people who are using other frameworks. It's hard to say to people, "hey, rewrite your entire program with my framework". If I can introduce things a piece at a time in my software, I would consider VCF. I just can't move 100KLOC or 1MLOC to a whole new framework and then discover it doesn't fit my software. It's too risky. Rewrite everything, while tempting, is often a shot in your foot.[/edit] I see dead pixels Yes, even I am blogging now!
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If you read reviews of software there, probably it's there you should publish it. If you don't read them anywhere, probably you should reconsider this, the results may be too low for the effort. [edit]BTW, IMHO you should consider a migration strategy for people who are using other frameworks. It's hard to say to people, "hey, rewrite your entire program with my framework". If I can introduce things a piece at a time in my software, I would consider VCF. I just can't move 100KLOC or 1MLOC to a whole new framework and then discover it doesn't fit my software. It's too risky. Rewrite everything, while tempting, is often a shot in your foot.[/edit] I see dead pixels Yes, even I am blogging now!
Actually the whole thing (the VCF) has been written with that in mind. You can use it piecemeal, specifically to allow for this sort of thing. I got into an argument with someone on an IRC channel who claimed that doing it this was was stupid, and that the correct way was to simply rewrite things :) ¡El diablo está en mis pantalones! ¡Mire, mire! Real Mentats use only 100% pure, unfooled around with Sapho Juice(tm)! SELECT * FROM User WHERE Clue > 0 0 rows returned Save an Orange - Use the VCF!
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Actually the whole thing (the VCF) has been written with that in mind. You can use it piecemeal, specifically to allow for this sort of thing. I got into an argument with someone on an IRC channel who claimed that doing it this was was stupid, and that the correct way was to simply rewrite things :) ¡El diablo está en mis pantalones! ¡Mire, mire! Real Mentats use only 100% pure, unfooled around with Sapho Juice(tm)! SELECT * FROM User WHERE Clue > 0 0 rows returned Save an Orange - Use the VCF!
Maybe I'm tragging myself ignorant / stupid and you have that already, but: Why not post a series of articles that show how to solve common smaller tasks effectively using VCF - inside an MFC / WTL / whatever application?
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Actually the whole thing (the VCF) has been written with that in mind. You can use it piecemeal, specifically to allow for this sort of thing. I got into an argument with someone on an IRC channel who claimed that doing it this was was stupid, and that the correct way was to simply rewrite things :) ¡El diablo está en mis pantalones! ¡Mire, mire! Real Mentats use only 100% pure, unfooled around with Sapho Juice(tm)! SELECT * FROM User WHERE Clue > 0 0 rows returned Save an Orange - Use the VCF!
Sorry, I came to this impression because of this statement in your FAQ: "What would be required to port my MFC App to VCF? A miracle? Seriously porting an existing code in one framework to another is not a 5 minute job. It would partially depend on what features of MFC you make use of and how you built your app. Many of the function names are different or subtly different. The basic core concepts are pretty much the same, but the fundamental design of the two frameworks is quite different." I know, you never said that VCF + MFC can't be used together. But since you didn't mention that one can use the framework on parts of an application, I came to this (wrong) conclusion. Maybe it's just my stupidity, but you could consider rephrasing that so people can understand clearly that you can use VCF + MFC together. I see dead pixels Yes, even I am blogging now!
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Maybe I'm tragging myself ignorant / stupid and you have that already, but: Why not post a series of articles that show how to solve common smaller tasks effectively using VCF - inside an MFC / WTL / whatever application?
Pandoras Gift #44: Hope. The one that keeps you on suffering.
aber.. "Wie gesagt, der Scheiss is' Therapie"
boost your code || Fold With Us! || sighist | doxygenGood idea. ¡El diablo está en mis pantalones! ¡Mire, mire! Real Mentats use only 100% pure, unfooled around with Sapho Juice(tm)! SELECT * FROM User WHERE Clue > 0 0 rows returned Save an Orange - Use the VCF!
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Sorry, I came to this impression because of this statement in your FAQ: "What would be required to port my MFC App to VCF? A miracle? Seriously porting an existing code in one framework to another is not a 5 minute job. It would partially depend on what features of MFC you make use of and how you built your app. Many of the function names are different or subtly different. The basic core concepts are pretty much the same, but the fundamental design of the two frameworks is quite different." I know, you never said that VCF + MFC can't be used together. But since you didn't mention that one can use the framework on parts of an application, I came to this (wrong) conclusion. Maybe it's just my stupidity, but you could consider rephrasing that so people can understand clearly that you can use VCF + MFC together. I see dead pixels Yes, even I am blogging now!
No you're right - that's my bad for not being very clear about that. ¡El diablo está en mis pantalones! ¡Mire, mire! Real Mentats use only 100% pure, unfooled around with Sapho Juice(tm)! SELECT * FROM User WHERE Clue > 0 0 rows returned Save an Orange - Use the VCF!
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Good idea. ¡El diablo está en mis pantalones! ¡Mire, mire! Real Mentats use only 100% pure, unfooled around with Sapho Juice(tm)! SELECT * FROM User WHERE Clue > 0 0 rows returned Save an Orange - Use the VCF!
looking forward to :) I forgot to add: I think it would be no problem if you post it on the VCF site, and add a link to the "further reading" in your articles here, or your sig.
Pandoras Gift #44: Hope. The one that keeps you on suffering.
aber.. "Wie gesagt, der Scheiss is' Therapie"
boost your code || Fold With Us! || sighist | doxygen -
I have been asked a couple of times about what the VCF[^] project could do to garner more publicity, in order to encourage more people to either use it, or help participate in it's development. There is no income involved so we can't afford advertising (unless someone where to donate the money for it). I have one individual who wants to write about their experiences using the VCF in writing their application. Does anyone have any good sites to suggest? Is it acceptable for them to post an article here? If so, is there a particular category where it would go? ¡El diablo está en mis pantalones! ¡Mire, mire! Real Mentats use only 100% pure, unfooled around with Sapho Juice(tm)! SELECT * FROM User WHERE Clue > 0 0 rows returned Save an Orange - Use the VCF!
Jim, You could try submitting an article to ACCU the Association of C and C++ Users. ACCU has a membership (Ok, I confess, me included) in the UK, the US and throughout the world. They publish two bi-monthly journals and recent issues have included articles about using Qt, Tcl etc for writing GUI apps. I'm sure an article on VCF would be welcomed although I don't know if there are any rules governing submissions by non-members. Check the website for submission details etc.