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VS LightSwitch (KittyHawk) has VFP roots
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04/08/2010 23:50:12
 
 
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Visual FoxPro
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Forms & Form designer
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Very well-known Fox Team members are involved.

But the thing that bugs me is that it apparently drags in Silverlight and I don't know yet if it can create apps that don't use Silverlight. A lot of client contacts of minehave an aversion to Silverlight and, IMHO, that might be a deal-breaker.

>More info on Kittyhawk, now officially named Visual Studio LightSwitch http://www.zdnet.com/blog/microsoft/microsofts-lightswitch-building-business-apps-for-web-pcs-and-cloud/6981
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>- Template driven
>- Can be enhanced with C# or VB.NET
>- Microsoft's Dave Medlin says, "“This hearkens back to Visual FoxPro, where you could develop and test at the same time.”
>- Former Fox people are on the LightSwitch team
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John Koziol, ex-MVP, ex-MS, ex-FoxTeam. Just call me "X"
"When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro" - Hunter Thompson (Gonzo) RIP 2/19/05
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