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:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] 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 (was Re: TaskPane entry for ProFox outdated) On 2017-02-10 11:52, Ed Leafe wrote: 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. [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/f82db4de49440845a14b540f6c2df6a9238...@blufitspmbs01.cherokeega.com ** 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.
