>>C# isn't that hard to learn for VFP developers. A VFP developer can get the basics of C# very quickly.

Compared to what?
I learned Basic and FoxBase in a few days each.
It took me almost 6 months to become proficient enough in C# to be able to predict with some certainty how long it will take to develop Winform projects.
Was it worth it?
Is open heart surgery worth it?
If you want to be in the business of developing Windows desktop database applications -as we are - you have to switch to C# just to stay in the game.

You're 100% right about SQL Server as a backend. We switched from DBF's almost 10 years ago and the benefits to the customers have been significant.




>>>It's so expensive. Rewriting with C# far cheaper for my country's poor people.
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>>That's an understatement. That's *extremely* expensive just to try to hang onto a technology that is obsolete.
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>"Hang onto a technology that is obsolete"? Wish it was just that. From what I understood, not only that but you need to learn and code JavaScript:) And then you also need to learn SQL and HTML,Cascading Style Sheet... Hmm Silverlight, Linq, EF ... sound to be easier each day:)
>Cetin

Hopefully you have a pretty good grasp of SQL by using it in VFP (if you aren't using it in VFP then you've been doing yourself a very serious disservice for over a decade).

C# isn't that hard to learn for VFP developers. A VFP developer can get the basics of C# very quickly. VB.NET is equally easy (and easier to work with).

Between those 2 you can build winforms in .NET that will do what VFP does now except you can work with much larger databases.

If you want web, ASP.NET is a pain to learn but it gives you a rich set of tools and controls for web development. Some HTML will be needed, but most is handled by the controls. Cascading Style Sheet is fairly easy to use and is only there to help speed development.

Javascript can be very useful for asp.net, but you really need to actually write VERY little - the controls handle most of that for you. I can telly you all I know about javascript in less than an hour, but I've been developing asp.net sites for years.

LINQ is nice, EF is nice. Both useful but neither are required.

Silverlight is pretty - apples and automobiles comparison to what you do with VFP though, so it is irrelevant.