Hey there Ed, Since I did mentioned Dabo - I kinda figured you would chime in - and I really looked forward to your response.
Yes - for now, I intend to make this a Desktop App. And, I saw in the Wiki - similar mention like what you wrote below - about it being a framework for Desktop app dev - which many tend to steer away from - since everything, it seems - is going the way of Web Apps! Its possible that a future version of the App I am working on may be a Web App - but, for now - I'm pretty much looking at the Desktop realm. Understood about your PHP comments, so I shall steer away from that. As far as Ruby is concerned - is that also pretty much a Web App dev tool - as opposed to Desktop??? Lastly - since thread should again get me up into the top 20 list for the Month end Stat's - which is always fun to see! -K- -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ed Leafe Sent: Monday, May 14, 2012 11:20 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [NF] Converting VFP App to New Tech. 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 _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/289ea162f5642645b5cf64d624c66a140e260...@us-ny-mail-002.waitex.net ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
