>I'm going to disagree. I haved watched experienced developers learn dotnet in less than 3 months (not a 40 hour week mind you but rather an all day all evening commitment to learning) and become productive developing tools and utilities using dotnet. True, it seems that experienced java and Delphi developers pick it up even faster, but I have seen VFPers do the same. Now, that doesn't mean that they can sit down and develop a full fledged business app from start to finish after 3 months research without a lot of trial and error. But look at it this way, if you look back at your first few apps you wrote, how many would you leave exactly as is if you were developing them today? That does not mean that they don't suffice or don't work correctly, but if you were to write the same app today, I'd venture to guess you would do it alot differently. You would probably startout by creating the portions that could be reused and automatically separate the tiers. You could write most of
> it without even considering which method is faster, easier to modify or subclass down the road, or easier for other developers to reuse or understand. You would know automatically which method would best suit your purposes. That knowledge comes after years of experience and that is what is lacking in new users of dotnet. It is also true that not everyone has the same aptitude for learning new technologies. Sometimes it doesn't matter how good a developer you are but rather how well you can learn and adjust to new ways of doing things. In those areas, usually the younger the better. I can't believe I just wrote that! :o)
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I wold probably start by using MereMortals.NET I was using VFP version for year and a half now and using similar tool for .NET would be easier to step in .NET direction.