Welcome to 2007
2007 is well and truly here, wow! Happy new year to you all. I trust that this year will be a spectacular year for us all, in many ways.
At least we can bank on 1 awesome event this year (hopefully! 
). The long awaited Clarion 7 and Clarion.Net are promised to arrive on our door steps very soon. There have been some more videos shown of the new IDE.
One thing that disappoints me, is that there is no Code Completion for the Clarion 7 release. Apparently this will be ready for Clarion.Net. Hmm… one the most productive things about developing in other languages is code completion. Many Clarion Developers won’t miss it, as Clarion has never had it, but for those of use who code in other modern languages and IDEs, this is frustrating. Since I started using Visual Studio in late 2005, I have become ever more frustrated with existing Clarion IDE. So, I am really looking forward to Clarion 7, as this will hopefully no longer frustrate me. No Code Completion in a very “Visual Studio” type interface will most likely irritate me… so hopefully we won’t have to live without it for too long. It’s not so much the Clarion language that needs it (as it’s not case-sensitive, and I know Clarion really well), it’s the “What did I name that variable again?” and “What was that method name again?” type of productivity breakers. Ohwell, beggars can’t be choosers I guess…
So, what other exciting things are stored up to bless us this year? I think it is going to be an exciting year in many aspects. Technology is still accelerating at an incredible rate, which provides plenty of fun and entertainment for us geeks.
Another exciting thing for 2007 is that my church will be starting construction on our new building fairly soon I think.
So, have a good year everyone, and maybe this year I will keep my promises, and blog more! 