I'm the jerk that keeps posting about REALbasic <g> but I think it's a viable and attractive alternative.
Pros: 1) Easy to learn for Fox folk 2) Object oriented 3) Cross platform 4) Good IDE 5) Has a company dedicated and focused on its enhancement and growth 6) Reasonably priced (Free standard edition on Linux platform) 7) Database independent 8) Multi threaded 9) Strong typed 10) Growing developer base 11) There are books and magazines about RB 12) Closed source Cons: 1) Closed source 2) No report writer (but available in after market plugins) 3) Not yet in Tiobe top 50 4) Has the word "Basic" in name (RB is not VB6 though!) I'm interested enough that I've signed up for their REALWorld conference in May. I'm going to check things out more and hopefully learn some of the things that are gaps in my knowledge of RB. I'll post about it over on my blog. -Kevin CULLY Technologies, LLC Sponsor of FoxForward 2007 foxforward.net Tristan Leask wrote: > 4) REALBasic > Ok, I don't know much about this, but it seems to keep popping up over > and over again on these boards. Is this another VFP waiting to happen? > Are they likely to get brought up by the big boys, consumed and then not > supported in order to move people across to their .Nets? _______________________________________________ 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 ** 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.
