As I said in my last post, it's time to stop waiting around and move on to something better. And 2008 should be a great year, so it's time to get going!
First things first, and that's to get going on the beta testing for Access, MySql and Firebird I announced last year. There have been a few volunteers, but not as many as I hoped. I attributed this to the fact that I chose the holiday season to make the announcement, but it's February now. So I am emailing the people who asked to test and sending them a full copy of the current build of EO2 (not the free build) and the associated database modules.
Once that is underway, my next crucial task is to get the EasyObjects Store up and running. I have the basic web site ready, an SSL certificate and PayPal integration set to go. So after some testing, my goal is to have the store online before the end of Q1. The initial version of EO2 available for purchase will be a beta, but any purchases will entitle the user to free upgrades to all beta releases and the full EO2 once it becomes finalized. There will be no support levels available until after release, because that is all still under consideration.
The next big enhancement for EO2 is coming from a project I am working on, and that is WCF. I have modified the templates to generate the Operation and Data Contracts, as well as some lightweight, serialize-friendly classes to help EO work with WCF. It's still in the early stages, but WCF is too cool a technology not to support in EO. Target for a beta release is Q2.
For Q3 and beyond, there will probably be a new release of the Enterprise Library to deal with, we will finalize support for the new database modules, and finally a full release of EO2 in the Store.
That's my current plan, which will promptly go to shit faster than I can blink an eye, but at least it gives us some goals to shoot for.
I welcome your feedback.
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