When I am onto something, it is difficult to let go.  Laszlo has been on my mind all day.  Here are some thoughts on improving Laszlo:

Laszlo IDE

Laszlo needs an IDE.  Currently people are expected to use whatever editor they have to edit LZX files.  Eclipse is the best IDE technology out there, so integrating Laszlo with Eclipse makes sense.

Faster LZX Compiler

Engineers should not have to wait to see the result of changes they made during development, particularly at presentation level.  I don't know why LZX compilation seem so slow, but this must be fixed ASAP.  Here are some options:

• Compile Laszlo and JGenerator to native code
• Incremental LZX compilation
• Finer-grained SWF generation and caching
• Client-side weaving of SWF fragments

Wizards

Provide wizards to ease common tasks and solve common issues such as Page Back and Browser Resize problems.