Hello there,
before I start, I'm really a big fan of Mendix. I've been working with the platform for about 6 months now and have never complained about the little glitches and bugs - even if they have annoyed me sometimes.
Two weeks ago I switched from Studio Pro 10.12 to 10.19. Since then, I have to restart the program at least every two hours because the bugs prevent me from continuing to work. I realize that I'm going from fanboy to critic because it's really slowing me down and frustrating me.
Here are a few examples:
- If modal pop-ups are longer than the viewport, the scrollbar is missing and I have to switch to structure mode to reach elements below the fold.
- If I rename pages, microflows and entities and change several elements too quickly, the system won't allow me to delete, copy & paste etc.. Recently, I have also just been unable to use the Expression Editor because it did not accept the Suggest selection onEnter but triggered the OK button.
- Sometimes I change elements that show me an error (e.g. because a new parameter has to be inserted) and the error check is not performed again. The error is still displayed even though it has been fixed.
I know that 10.19 is not an MTS. But I feel like an unpaid software tester right now. I don't have the time or inclination to report these bugs, but I expect a software for which I pay money every month to have a higher quality standard.
It's great to see new features all the time but I'd prefer to increase the focus quality right now.
How do you see this? What are your experiences?
Best regards, Nils
Hi Nils,
First off, thanks for using the latest Studio Pro version and working with the latest innovations.
We are currently focussing on quality on our way to the LTS, so I would be keen to learn more from your experience.
I will reach out to see if we can set up a call.
The feedback you provide mostly sounds like usability issues, and nothing that indicates that you would need to restart per se.
If you could clarify what is causing you to restart, that would be very helpful!
Why people even use MTS in PROD? Stick to LTS and you will be more then fine, personally I use MTS when I wanna play around new things, build something for myself and etc. To explain why i stick to LTS only for PROD, I don't wanna go thro process of update every couple of months e.g. 10.6->10.12->10.16-> ....... additionally 10.19 nobody grant anything about version that are not MTS or LTS
Edit: I see your point you wanted to use probably View entity and it's in beta even the name beta (read: it's will crash very often) say everything for it's self again with until LTS