Dear Razzak,
I should probably call you Professor Memon. R:Base University
is a wonderful followup to the R:Base 2005 Conference.
At the Conference we get a quick overview of many applications and
techniques that are possible in the newest and also legacy versions of
R:Base.
It is always impressive to see how talented programmers are driving
the software.
But at R:Base University, we learn tools and practices from the one
who designed and built the engine.
It is one thing to see what is possible. Learning to do it
yourself is satisfying, and helps clients more.
How does it work? Where does it work? What do I have to
change in my system or program to make it work in my application on my
machine. That level of tutoring is not as effective except
in a personalized setting.
Razzak, watching you build forms and reports is like viewing an
artist. "What more can we do?" "Would you give it to your
client like this?" "Are we finished yet?" "Let the tools do
the WORK for you."
Combining menu forms, and reports into applications, and using themes
showed how to organize and package a software product.
Watching you use other proprietary software to capture
pictures and create help documentation also revealed some powerful
productivity clues.
Seeing and using many of the examples from RRBYW10 demonstrated the
richness and power of the examples which you have put together for
us.
You put your whole energy, as you do with everything, into this
class, and the results show that.
Best R:egards to you, and my personal appreciation for building a
better R:Base, and then helping us learn to take advantage of it.
Randy Peterson mba, cpa, cma
Blue Springs, Missouri
800.391.6830 Ext 16
