Ted - You must have a Lot of extra time on your hands - what with creating all these Polls!
Myself - never really worked within Frameworks. They just weren't used on the various jobs I worked at. I did work on this one system - where they guy had created Classes - and I used his existing classes to create new screens. But, that's about it...
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-----Original Message----- From: ProfoxTech [mailto:profoxtech-bounces@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Ted Roche Sent: Friday, November 04, 2016 10:30 AM To: profoxtech@leafe.com Subject: Friday Poll: What framework(s) do you use?
I've been an advocate for frameworks since I read the original Codebook book, sitting in a parking lot in Cambridge (our fair city), Massachusetts.
Imagine starting an application and not having to worry about how to get the menu working (Help, About, Copy/Cut/Paste, Print settings) and getting basic dialogs for things like managing reports, managing state between multiple non-modal forms, a rational (usually!) set of strategies for data handling, locking, conflict resolution, primary key generation, relational integrity, grids on tabbed pageframes, etc.
I think frameworks are a great tool for fast startups, well-documented base classes, and handy utilities. Please feel free to disagree.
In the 90's I was the manager for a group of developers and we worked as "experts" with clients with pre-existing apps, or designed and developed apps on our own. As such we got a lot of exposure to most of the frameworks. Drew Speedie (RIP!) started MaxFrame, now "Professional" while working as tech editor on Hacker's Guide, and I was an early and eager beta-tester, also shipping one of the first client-server MaxFrame apps. We worked with Visual Extend and with Mere Mortals and others. Sadly, I never got to work with FoxExpress, although I have the greatest of respect for Mike and Toni's knowledge and skills.
So, what framework(s) do you work with, and why (or why not)?
__ Built my own
__ Whatever the client runs
__ Codebook
__ COMCodebook
__ MaxFrame Professional
__ Visual Express
__ Visual Extend
__ Mere Mortals
__ VFP Foundation Classes
__ Visual ProMatrix
__ Mere Mortals
__ Other (please specify)
__ All of the Above
-- Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com
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