First let me say that I was so excited about the potential of this project that I actually paid for the "pro" version.
But I have to ask "is this project real"? Since I bought in (at beta 5) I am not seeing the signs that this is a serious effort that will result in a usable development environment.
Item 1. No additional examples, demonstrations, or articles seem to have been produced. The calculator is neat but in the absence of complete documentation a body of examples, videos, blog articles, wiki pages, or the like is the only practical way users will be able to build skills and use the product. Surely you are making them internally to test as you go. Can we see them and use them? That would really help.
Item 2. The forums are nearly dead. The number of items with 0 replies indicates a moribund or ignored project. It appears people are really trying to use the product but there is no resource when they get stuck. I have so far asked two very reasonable questions over the course of a couple months that would probably be of interest to any number of users. There was no reply at all. I eventually figured them out myself and posted the answers but there was never even a hint of a reply from anyone official. When potential users see this they then get frustrated, go away, and never come back. This is not how a viable project team grows a community.
Item 3. Communication is spotty. When Beta 7 was released, even though I am a paid user, I did not receive a link to download it. I received a "general" mail and was able to find the correct link. I would think someone who has shown enough interest in the project to pay for it would be worth staying engaged with and communicating with.
There may indeed be a lot going on behind the scenes (I hope there is) but that is only half the battle for a project like this. The "if you build it they will come" model does not work. You need to spend as much time growing and keeping a community of users as doing technical development. In the absence of such engagement people just assume (as I am unfortunately beginning to assume) the the project is dead and not worth my continued time and patience.
I would really like to be wrong but I need to see some signs that this is worth my continued commitment of time and money.
Thank you
RKM