Sproutcore 1.5 released

I'm sure it's got its merits but the Sproutcore site does a horrible job explaining what it excels at.<p>For example, on the Demos and Sample Code page it has me install a ruby gem.<p><a href="http://www.sproutcore.com/demos/" rel="nofollow">http://www.sproutcore.com/demos/</a><p>What the hell? You lost my interest at ruby and the command line.

Leaving out screenshots or a demo of the new theme was definitely an oversight on our part. Sorry!<p>I've put up a build of our sample controls app that demonstrates the new controls:<p><a href="http://samplecontrols.strobeapp.com/" rel="nofollow">http://samplecontrols.strobeapp.com/</a>

We (matygo) use SC for our client side app, and once we got over the learning curve we came to really enjoy it. The reason I posted this was there is a lot of great stuff they put into 1.5 that should lower the barrier to entry for a lot of people :)

We're seriously considering sproutcore for our next web project. Personally I'm a little uneasy about investing so completely. I mean it's nothing like jQuery or other libraries where you just sprinkle it here and there, it's an entire development methodology. It'll be interesting to see how it goes.<p>Would be really great to see some feedback from other users.

I'd be interested in the templating stuff as a jQuery plug-in. As it is, knockout.js is a lot less violent for someone working with an existing application.