On May 14, 2012, at 10:02 AM, Kurt Wendt wrote:
> This idea to convert the VFP app into another Tech - I am essentially
> doing it on my own. Things have gotten slow for me at work here recently
> - so, I have the time to work on something like this. But, I know that
> they will NOT go out and buy new SW to dev. with - so, that's another
> reason why I don't think RS is a good option for me here.
You should decide what type of app you want to create using that other
"tech": a web app, a desktop app, or something that tries to be both. If you go
the web app, there are tons of web frameworks out there. Ruby on Rails is
probably the best known, with Django (Python) also pretty popular. PHP is
another choice for the web, but seriously, I wouldn't go that route. While
being very powerful, it's also very easy to create messy applications. The
framework approach makes that less likely.
If you're going the desktop app route, you know I'm going to recommend
Dabo, which is one of the few desktop app frameworks in any open source
language (we use Python). Truth is, most of the focus in the open source world
is on the web, and desktop apps are treated like so much 90s nostalgia. That's
why we focused on that niche.
-- Ed Leafe
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