[x3d-public] Use of XMLSpy for X3D

[Don Brutzman]

On 11/29/2020 11:55 AM, John Carlson wrote:
> 
> My wife balked at buying me an XMLSpy license for Xmas.

sounds smart.  8)

> I hope that X3D development does not require XMLSpy in the future.  OxygenXML is not much cheaper.

I am happy to keep checking/testing anything we do using XMLSpy and the other Altova tools.

> Perhaps we can support each other by contributing to floating licenses?

be very sure to get the biggest magnifying class you can find and read lots of small print first...

> Would NetBeans with plugins or VSCode or Eclipse provide near equivalent functionality?

likely

> What do you think?

YMMV and none of the commercial tools would work if free tools didn't make things possible at first.

> Thanks,
> 
> John


all the best, Don
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