Only with the
advent of systems such as Seaside or Dabble, and to a lesser extent Zope or
SharePoint, has it been commonly possible to create and test a web application in the
same browser window. In this domain there may be good tools, perhaps even some that
are both mature and good, but adoption has not yet progressed so far: many are still
working with technology from the lower levels.
Regardless of the ?¬?eld, we would expect later levels to be better than earlier ones.
Poor execution can however mar this: there are good and bad frameworks, and both
kinds can be used well or poorly. All things being equal, a user who simply wants to
get a job done will generally be best served by the more mature levels. Those who like
to play with new technology for its own sake will be happy on all levels; those with a
strong adherence to a particular vendor, language, or environment will take whatever
is on offer there; those with a need for control will take the highest level where they
still feel they have that control if they need it. Aside from personal predilection and
???not invented here??? prejudices, there can also be valid reasons for using a lower-level
solution even when good higher-level solutions are available.
A key ingredient here is experience: for those creating their ?¬?rst word processing
documents or stylesheets, Word is a better choice than TeX or PostScript.
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