I'm hesitating... need some feedbacks!

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@attila

What I can see, I could go for the open source Anvil, so we can have everything in git/hg/p4, but then we would missing the easy peasy part of Anvil editor features.
Using the enterprise model would be just too early, we are still just in planning phase. But maintenance is even higher priority when selecting a framework than anything else. However, it could be a great solution after some point.

So who do you develop, what is your 2nd view on Anvil after you already had some project finished.
Is it easy to maintain in long run or you run into many issues with an update from Anvil, missing library, new add-ons, new python version or with missing some serious source control. (the one I can see built into the editor is missing many important features for a mid size project).

Just to add a few responses on things that I’m not sure others have addressed directly:

1. I’ve been working on a hobby app since late 2018 and have not had any trouble with Anvil updates. They even still support Python 2. (I occasionally see others report temporary bugs affecting old apps, but they are addressed promptly when reported.) The closest thing to an issue I’ve had is that when new features are released or new third-party components appear, it can be a tough decision whether to overhaul parts of my code to use them going forward.
2. Others have mentioned the new support for multiple branches and staging environments in the Beta IDE. Whether or not you use that (it’s nice but it’s still in beta), know that you can also go back and forth between a local git repository and the Anvil IDE fairly easily. In short, you can combine the full power of git version control with the benefits of the online Anvil editor. There are some finer points to making it work smoothly that you can read about elsewhere (in the docs, with more on the forum), but the basic idea is that you would “Clone” your production app within the Anvil IDE and then force-push code from the base git repository to that new Anvil-hosted app. That gives you a way to work in the Anvil IDE in a way that is isolated from your base production app, while retaining the ability to git merge in updates from the production code base.