WHERE IS IT?
I NEED IT!!!!
Lay off the sugar
Warning.. technical stuff ahead... stop reading if you don't understand anything about anything
I'm pleased to announce that I've written a quite cool application framework (codename ApplicationFramework
) in C#2.0, where I'm currently a module implementing ICQ protocol. Whether this will be useful for &RQ.NET or not is dependent on
1. A non proprietary IDE with support for .net framework 2.0 will be available
and
2. Rejetto approves of the design.
Anyway.. the module handling system will support loading/unloading modules at runtime (which means program can be auto-updating, without restarts, the exe will never change, only the module dlls). Also is support for automatic serialization/deserialization of module settings at load/unload. It will be up to every module to implement a user interface, protocol or any other stuff. Modules communicate through commands, queries and events (that can be registered/unregistered at will).
Planned are features for automating internationalization of modules, but since this is a hobby project, things may or may not be done.
This also makes deployment easier, all you have to need is to download the exe, and the exe can then let you choose a set of default modules to download and install from &RQ server). That means no zip-file, and the exe will hopefully never change (just the module dlls).
