I'm going to chime in for Xojo ... again. I find it's really fun to develop in. I'm using it at my new job working with my county government. The Xojo web application that I built for them is "invaluable" for them to accomplish their job in the Building Department.
Here's my check list:
- XBase like language: Check - Object oriented: Check - Singlular IDE: Check - Case insensitive programming language: Check - Report writer: Half check (they're working on improving this) - FOSS: no - Try it for free for an unlimited time: Check - Reasonable license cost: Check - Can develop commercial products: Check - Deploy to as many customers as you want with that license: Check - Small focused company: Check - Documentation in English: Check - Example programs: Check (Hundreds of them) - Friendly community: Check - Database agnostic: Check - Active development of the product: Check - Compile to Windows: Check - Compile to Mac: Check - Compile to Linux: Check - Build console applications: Check - Build desktop applications: Check - Build web applications: Check - Build iOS applications: Check - Build Android applications: Coming soon. Perhaps 2017 - Build Raspberry Pi applications: Check - Easy to build web applications: Yes. Almost build them like desktop applications! - Can host web applications for a "reasonable" cost: Yes, starting at $5 at http://DigitalOcean.com and similar - Web applications are secure: Yes. Doubly yes when hosted in the Xojo Cloud service (http://www.xojo.com/cloud/ ) - Native controls per platform: Yes (This means that a Mac app looks like a Mac app, etc. ) - Actively published magazine: Yes ( http://xdevmag.com/ ) - Conferences in USA: Yes (http://www.xojo.com/xdc/HTML/index.html ) - Conferences in EU: Yes (http://www.monkeybreadsoftware.de/xojo/events/berlin-2017-event.shtml ) - Easy to move from VFP mindset to Xojo: Yes - Perfect: No - Excellent: Yes
If there was ever a VFP replacement, I think Xojo is it.
-----Original Message----- From: ProFox [mailto:profox-bounces@leafe.com] On Behalf Of mbsoftwaresolutions@mbsoftwaresolutions.com Sent: Monday, February 13, 2017 3:14 PM To: ProFox Email List Subject: So what tech do you like to work in nowadays? (was Re: TaskPane entry for ProFox outdated)
On 2017-02-10 11:52, Ed Leafe wrote:
I haven't touched VFP since early 2008. I don't even own a copy of it anymore.
Ed (and others),
What tech do you find yourself enjoying nowadays? I don't just mean doing it for a paycheck, but something that you REALLY like, akin to the golden days when you were loving the Fox.
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