Hi Kurt,
"they know it's a dead language":
- technically false: even if Microsoft no longer provides extensions,
many 3rd party initiatives keep it alive: west-wind, VFPx, VFPA,
FoxInCloud, and many others. VFP remains competitive on desktop and web.
- humanly: hen and egg story and self-fulfilling prophecy; the more we
advocate on how far we can expand the existing VFP code base to new
horizons (web, 64 bits, etc.) the more interest we can grow on VFP. The
more we internalize that we're dying, the more likely it'll happen.
About FoxInCloud,
"Conversion Assistant" is in fact an "Adaptation Assistant" (FAA): with
FoxInCloud the same code base can be deployed on either the desktop or
the Web, just by adapting the existing code base with the help and
guidance of FAA (and our support of course)
"making updates to the system actually means programming in something
that is not actually FoxPro"
FoxInCloud runs the application on the server (reason why the code is
adapted), and replaces the VFP UI by a HTML/CSS/JS user interface, tied
to the server by the user events (click, valid, etc.) through AJAX.
- Adding new functionalities generally requires some VFP development
that you can test in desktop mode before moving to the Web.
- Improving the user interface (eg. adding features that VFP does not
support such as animations, rounded corners, gradients, etc.) requires
CSS/JS coding that you can implement in an application-wide file (css
and/or js) or encapsulate within your VFP classes.
Thierry Nivelet
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Le 20/03/2019 à 06:45, Kurt at VR-FX a écrit :
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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