>Well said, Charles.
>I'm supporting clients on both platforms now and after a couple of years of really struggling with C# I'm finding it increasingly difficult when I have to go back to VFP.
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>One big deal for me is C#''s intellisense and real time compilation - showing errors and warnings as I type.. With VFP I always had a scratchpad handy to note variable or function names, etc so that I'd remember them when I used them later - no more scratchpads - no more "variable x not found."
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>Another big deal is the plethora of tools (mostly free) that have been developed for the C# platform by 3rd party developers. I'm using them constantly.
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>I've also come to appreciate the value of strong typing, which was a big pain when I started. I'm finding that my C# apps are more stable over time than my VFP apps, and that I get almost no support calls. I attribute most of that to strong typing which imposes more rigorous demands on me during the development process.
>I spend more time coding, but a lot less time debugging.
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>From VFP, I miss being able to inherit or copy the methods of a form or a control. That has been a real pain.
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>It was also nice to be able to put together a simple app that popped out some totals or the like in a few minutes - we call them "handy-dandy's." I can't do anything in fewer than 3 or 4 hours in C# by time I set up the references, connections, blah, blah, etc.
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>I also miss that wonderful Report Writer. CR is OK, but for me it's nowhere near as easy to use as VFP's.
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What C# tools are you using regularly? I am always interested in those.