Aside from VFP, what else do you use for desktop apps? How about for web apps (if any)?

Reason I am asking is because I want to have an idea of which road a typical VFP comrade takes aside from good ole VFP. =)

You see, with so many stuff out there, I am a bit like a kid in a candy store - confused and undecided on choice.

Dennis, up until mid-2003 I did a ton of VFP work. Then it switched to roughly 50-50 between VFP and .NET, with SQL Server often as the database. Then by 2005 it was almost exclusively .NET.

Now, on the desktop/web side...until 2006 I did almost purely desktop/Winform apps and just one small browser app. Then in 2006-2007 I built a number of web/browser-based apps in .NET, either leading a development team or as a contract programmer where I worked on a piece.

I've been a full time trainer for the last year and a half, and have done some maintenance tweaks on different Fox and .NET apps. But I've had a few inquiries as to my availability in that time, and it's all been for ASP.NET web development.

If someone came to me and hypothetically said, "I need you to build me a database app to do such and such, and I don't care what you write it in, and it doesn't have to run in a browser"....very likely I'd use .NET and either SQL Server or (yuck) SQL Express.

Now, it can take months or even years for a good Fox developer to become as proficient in .NET or SQL Server. But since .NET became the tool that I HAD to use by around 2004 if I wanted to get certain contracts, I had to get up to speed with it. Obviously, everyone has a different life story to tell....

Some long-time Fox stalwarts have repeatedly said "anyone these days who creates a new project in VFP for someone is crazy/nuts/etc" (though they may not wish to say it here on the UT). For me, I'll simply say that I'd only use Fox for new development if there were a requirement for it - and those days are becoming fewer and fewer.

There are times when I wish I could spend more time on Java - but you can't learn 'em all, and so I stay with .NET and the .NET family of technologies.

Hope this helps...
Kevin