Re: Foxpro/Programming Training Question

2018-01-30 Thread Thierry Nivelet
Hi Naushad, and welcome to the Visual FoxPro developper community! VFP programming cost a little time and $… You join already, just ask you questions right here! Thierry Nivelet Le 26/01/2018 à 18:55, Naushad Ali Ali a écrit : I m also interested in Visual FoxPro programming What the cost

Re: Foxpro/Programming Training Question

2018-01-29 Thread Stephen Russell
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RE: Foxpro/Programming Training Question

2018-01-29 Thread Dave Crozier
eafe.com> Subject: Re: Foxpro/Programming Training Question If I were going to learn a language to speak and read I would not learn Latin as the root of so many other modern languages today. For programming today I would focus on what people want to pay for, and that appears to be javascript

Re: Foxpro/Programming Training Question

2018-01-29 Thread Andrew Stirling
-boun...@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Kurt at VR-FX Sent: Friday, January 26, 2018 9:46 AM To: profoxt...@leafe.com Subject: Re: Foxpro/Programming Training Question I know that somebody else here HAS to ask you this question - so, I might as well be 1st! So - Why VFP? I'm sure others will say the same

Re: Foxpro/Programming Training Question

2018-01-29 Thread Stephen Russell
the seller's property but > shall be entitled to resell or use the goods in the ordinary course of its > business. Until such time as the property in the goods passes to the buyer > the seller shall be entitled at any time > > -----Original Message- > From: ProFox [mailto:profox-

RE: Foxpro/Programming Training Question

2018-01-29 Thread Dave Crozier
ct: Re: Foxpro/Programming Training Question I think learning to program is like learning to drive. You learn the basics on a specific vehicle then learn to transfer those skills to another vehicle but the basics of starting, stopping and steering are the same. John Weller 01380 723235 079763 93631 Sen

Re: Foxpro/Programming Training Question

2018-01-27 Thread John Weller
I think learning to program is like learning to drive. You learn the basics on a specific vehicle then learn to transfer those skills to another vehicle but the basics of starting, stopping and steering are the same. John Weller 01380 723235 079763 93631 Sent from my iPad >

Re: Foxpro/Programming Training Question

2018-01-27 Thread Ted Roche
On Sat, Jan 27, 2018 at 11:49 AM, Ken Dibble wrote: > >> > Hacker's Guide to Visual Foxpro 6.0 (THANKS TED!!!) >> >> Please thank Tamar. The book blurb said it was "exhaustive and >> irreverent." I was the irreverent part. By the time it shipped, Tamar >> was exhausted. > >

Re: Foxpro/Programming Training Question

2018-01-27 Thread Ken Dibble
> Hacker's Guide to Visual Foxpro 6.0 (THANKS TED!!!) Please thank Tamar. The book blurb said it was "exhaustive and irreverent." I was the irreverent part. By the time it shipped, Tamar was exhausted. These days I get exhausted just lifting that mighty tome off from and onto the bookshelf

Re: Foxpro/Programming Training Question

2018-01-27 Thread Ted Roche
On Fri, Jan 26, 2018 at 10:22 AM, Paul H. Tarver wrote: > If you had an opportunity to teach a novice who is interested in learning > programming in general and specifically with Visual Foxpro who has limited > previous programming knowledge and experience, where would you start

RE: Foxpro/Programming Training Question

2018-01-27 Thread Paul H. Tarver
/Programming Training Question On Fri, Jan 26, 2018 at 10:48 AM, Ken Dibble <krdib...@stny.rr.com> wrote: > > > Hacker's Guide to Visual Foxpro 6.0 (THANKS TED!!!) Please thank Tamar. The book blurb said it was "exhaustive and irreverent." I was the irreverent part. By t

Re: Foxpro/Programming Training Question

2018-01-27 Thread Ted Roche
On Fri, Jan 26, 2018 at 10:48 AM, Ken Dibble wrote: > > > Hacker's Guide to Visual Foxpro 6.0 (THANKS TED!!!) Please thank Tamar. The book blurb said it was "exhaustive and irreverent." I was the irreverent part. By the time it shipped, Tamar was exhausted. -- Ted Roche

Re: Foxpro/Programming Training Question

2018-01-27 Thread Paul H. Tarver
Had it for years. Love it. Use it regularly. Thanks Paul Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 27, 2018, at 4:21 AM, Koen Piller wrote: > > Buy ‘1001 things you want to know about Visual Foxpro’ by Andy Kramek c.s. > Published by Hentzenwerke a Must > Koen > > Op vr 26 jan.

Re: Foxpro/Programming Training Question

2018-01-27 Thread Koen Piller
Buy ‘1001 things you want to know about Visual Foxpro’ by Andy Kramek c.s. Published by Hentzenwerke a Must Koen Op vr 26 jan. 2018 om 16:31 schreef Paul H. Tarver > If you had an opportunity to teach a novice who is interested in learning > programming in general and

Re: Foxpro/Programming Training Question

2018-01-26 Thread Ricardo Araoz
On 26/01/18 13:20, Dave Crozier wrote: It is nice to say that VFP is still the only data centric language out there with an in-built datastore, which limited though it is (the 2Gb limit) allows the majority if not all stand alone desktop apps to be easily developed, tested and installed in

Re: Foxpro/Programming Training Question

2018-01-26 Thread Naushad Ali Ali
I m also interested in Visual FoxPro programming What the cost for it, and how to joined... On Jan 26, 2018 6:31 PM, "Paul H. Tarver" wrote: > If you had an opportunity to teach a novice who is interested in learning > programming in general and specifically with Visual

RE: Foxpro/Programming Training Question

2018-01-26 Thread Paul H. Tarver
+1 Paul -Original Message- From: ProfoxTech [mailto:profoxtech-boun...@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Dave Crozier Sent: Friday, January 26, 2018 10:20 AM To: profoxt...@leafe.com Subject: RE: Foxpro/Programming Training Question Fundamentals from Whil is a great start and I'll be giving

RE: Foxpro/Programming Training Question

2018-01-26 Thread Paul H. Tarver
al Message- From: ProfoxTech [mailto:profoxtech-boun...@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Ken Dibble Sent: Friday, January 26, 2018 9:49 AM To: profoxt...@leafe.com Subject: Re: Foxpro/Programming Training Question >In my opinion there are two issues: 1) Basic Programming Skills and 2) >VFP specific

Re: Foxpro/Programming Training Question

2018-01-26 Thread Kurt at VR-FX
...@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Kurt at VR-FX Sent: Friday, January 26, 2018 9:46 AM To: profoxt...@leafe.com Subject: Re: Foxpro/Programming Training Question I know that somebody else here HAS to ask you this question - so, I might as well be 1st! So - Why VFP? I'm sure others will say the same thing

RE: Foxpro/Programming Training Question

2018-01-26 Thread Paul H. Tarver
/Programming Training Question I know that somebody else here HAS to ask you this question - so, I might as well be 1st! So - Why VFP? I'm sure others will say the same thing. If someone is going to start to learn programming - why start them off in a language that was Killed Off by M$?? I don't mean

Re: Foxpro/Programming Training Question

2018-01-26 Thread Alan Bourke
On Fri, 26 Jan 2018, at 3:45 PM, Kurt at VR-FX wrote: > I know that somebody else here HAS to ask you this question - so, I > might as well be 1st! > > So - Why VFP? +1 sadly. I would start with Python also, or maybe Swift if you want to do a 'bracketed' language. Don't go bloody near

RE: Foxpro/Programming Training Question

2018-01-26 Thread Dave Crozier
... Oh and I forgot, there's reputedly a great user base full of older wiser folks out there who love to help with their years of experience. I just can't remember how to find them though...  Dave --- This communication and the

RE: Foxpro/Programming Training Question

2018-01-26 Thread Dave Crozier
Fundamentals from Whil is a great start and I'll be giving it to our new trainee on Monday to get him up to speed before introducing him to the wonderful world of C# and Python. The great thing is you can give the person a VFP dev system and they don't need anything else to run it unless they

Re: Foxpro/Programming Training Question

2018-01-26 Thread Ken Dibble
In my opinion there are two issues: 1) Basic Programming Skills and 2) VFP specific skills, and I'm interested in your suggestions in how to meet both of those needs. Plus if there are other issues, let me know that as well. I'm completely self-taught (and sometimes it shows). I don't have

Re: Foxpro/Programming Training Question

2018-01-26 Thread Kurt at VR-FX
I know that somebody else here HAS to ask you this question - so, I might as well be 1st! So - Why VFP? I'm sure others will say the same thing. If someone is going to start to learn programming - why start them off in a language that was Killed Off by M$?? I don't mean to start a fight