>>When I was doing VFP I created a framework that I thought was quite nice. It worked well for me, and I even sold a few copies along the way. I was named FramePro. By developing FramePro I learned alot about VFP.
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>>So, I thought, "Why not do the same in C#?". I know there are plenty of off-the-shelf .Net frameworks, but by doing my own I can
>>really learn C# and .Net.
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>>I'm asking for opinions.
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>Depending on how far advanced you are in .net and C# and how much you value your own time you might consider buying Strataframe or some other framework that gives you full source.
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>In the case of Strataframe it would cost you about $700, it think. Now you have something to pick apart and study to your heart's content and decide if you want to use that and extend it ( which is what i am doing ) or start from scratch, picking up tips from a team of absolutely first-rate framework builders who have put literally thousands of man-hours into developing a framework that has been field tested by hundreds of developers and is used by the framework builders themselves in a very serious enterprise application that is used all over the world.
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>For me, whether you are going to use - and modify and extend you your heart's content - a framework like that or "roll your own" , it is a no-brainer to be able to get a look at that kind of source code for the price of a day's billable hours.
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>For me personally, writing your own framework is madness. Why not just start out in assembler and write your own OS and development language.
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>I think programming is all about leveraging the work of others. Of course the more in depth understanding one brings to that process the better, but there is a point at which making your own soap is just not cost-effective and doesn't really give you better soap.
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>I cannot imagine a single developer - even one highly skilled, experienced and who didn't need to actually make any money - could get a good ROI - or framework - out of "rolling their own" from scratch.

Good comments. I guess I'm thinking that in the time it takes to learn what someone else has done, I could write my own - and add or leave out portions to fit my own needs. And the price is right.