Kurt,
I used Alpha 4 and Alpha 5 quite a lot about 12-15 years ago and it was a good 
solid XBase RAD platform but limiting in what it could do programming wise. 
Looking at their website it has obviously matured a great deal, the emphasis 
being on device independent application development. Well worth a look I think 
and must admit I am tempted myself!!

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-----Original Message-----
From: ProFox <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Kurt at VR-FX
Sent: 20 March 2019 05:45
To: ProFox Email List <[email protected]>
Subject: A FoxPro Transition @ UCLA...

Hello there folks,
I'm looking to get some feedback from the hive mind of this group. And, I will 
admit, I'm doing this kind of last minute. Too many things going on lately, and 
I have not had a chance to do my true due diligence! Such as thorough research 
via prior postings in this forum.

So as some of you may already know, I had a first interview for a programmer 
job at UCLA. The second interview is coming up, it's supposed to be this 
Thursday, but I might try to postpone until Friday. Too much stuff going on in 
my life lately, including doing 2 different part time jobs and an extended 
relative who passed away recently, that's the reason I'm going down to LA for 
an in-person interview, since the last interview I did via Skype.
It looks like UCLA really wants to move away from Foxpro, as they know it's a 
dead language. But, they want to move to something similar to VFP. I suspect 
its also because the 1 and only programmer there, who's been there for like 30 
years and may be retiring soon - doesn't want to learn something Totally new. 
And, also wants to minimize the transition! 
They are asking me to propose what I think is the best option. They have 
mentioned several options such as Fox-in-Cloud, the Alpha software, and even 
Servoy. They did not bring up things like Lianja, XoJo, or X# the open source 
X-base language.

I know that Fox-in-Cloud even offers a type of Conversion Assistant - which 
looks really Great! But, once its converted and running in the cloud - I'm 
assuming that making updates to the system actually means programming in 
something that is not actually FoxPro - as I think its Javascript & HTML. But, 
I could be wrong - and am sure Thierry will correct me.

There was also some recent discussion on X# which looked like a potentially 
great option. But, I heard that via the last posting - the FoxPro version of 
the code wasn't really ready yet!

They also told me that they have already been working with Alpha SW - and in 
discussions with them for several months. Which makes me think they are already 
leaning towards Alpha. A quick review of old postings in this forum did not 
show a lot of discussion or users of Alpha. It would really be great to hear 
from some Alpha users!

Anyway - any and all input would be greatly appreciated. I've seen Numerous 
discussions about a number of these technologies here in the forum over the 
years. But, honestly - I never truly got involved with any of them - until NOW!

Regards,
Kurt


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