I agree with you that you do need to learn the basics, but if you're learning how to "develop apps" with VFP, I think there are much better resources.

>I cannot judge it in those terms. But it did help me a great deal regarding OOP, COM and classes. The exercises are simple.
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>You would agree that before we start writing software we need to understand how the engine works. In the days of VFP grid consultants, what you say made a lot of sense - but it also made a lot of VFP naysayers.
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>Before we play the drum solo to "In Agadda Di Vida", we usually need to learn the rudiments of beat and the difference between a rim tap and a Zilgen. I also get the sense that the author has a lot of fun writing VFP programs - and that is important. I also sense that that the book was more a "contribution" to the community than a corporate pulp profit engine.
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>Bazian was already pretty successful when he wrote this. It's a labor of love, more explanation, discusson and code than screen shots.
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>What's more, one of the best features of VFP is it's interactivity. We can throw controls on a form, add nodes, delete nodes, click nodes - all from the command window. A good way to "see" how it fits together. Faster, and maybe better, that testing only an execution or through the debugger.
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>We have to crawl before we can walk - otherwise we look like a chimpanzee - I hope no chimps are offended!:-)
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>But each to his own!