Hello Paul,
My consulting business didn't focus on creating desktop apps for resale. There are a lot of Xojo developers that do however. I was focusing on developing custom software for small and medium businesses and Xojo is an excellent tool to rapidly develop solutions for the business.
I've taken a full time job with our county government and I'm developing Xojo applications for them. Most of them are internal-only web applications to ease in getting the updates into the hands of the people that need them. Just deploy the updated web app and I'm done! Just as it should be. My users literally state that they would quit their jobs if their custom written web apps were taken away from them.
Here are some of the Xojo apps that I've written in the last 2 years:
* A web application that allows the building inspectors to see their building inspections for the day, bulk re-assign the inspections in the case that an inspector is sick or on vacation, and to print a report of the inspections with the private notes from the requestor that might have the gate codes, loose dog on property info, etc. * A web application that allows for document review by the building inspectors allowing them to review affidavits and engineer letters pertaining to permits. The inspector can then accept or reject the letter in the case the letter doesn't meet the requirements. If the letter is rejected, then an email goes to the primary contact on the permit explaining the reason the letter is rejected. All data changes are logged to an audit table. * A desktop/web hybrid application that does data mining / graphing of the data pertaining to building permits, planning applications, and business licenses. This "Dashboard" application generates dozens of charts and publishes the data to various department websites for display. It takes 8 seconds for all of the data to be queried and the charts generated. It's run twice a day automatically and then terminates when done. * The road-inventory application allows for the querying of roads in the counties and tracks their condition and history of maintenance. When the Roads & Bridges department finishes one job, it is far easier and cheaper to move their equipment to close-by roads and this application allows them to do so more efficiently. * Our fleet department has a vertical market application but it has some limited reporting capability. I'm writing a web application that allows for more flexible reporting that doesn't require an install or a license for the vertical market application.
I don't think that's a bad list of applications for less than 2 years on the job! Xojo rocks just like Foxpro rocks.
-Kevin
On 10/05/2017 10:59 AM, Paul H. Tarver wrote:
Are you using Xojo for desktop applications for resale? If so, are you pleased with how it works for that purpose?
Paul H. Tarver Email: paul@tpcqpc.com
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