>Lianja (http://www.lianja.com) promises to be the killer developer system for which we have all been waiting.
>
>-- VFP compatible
>-- programmable in Recital Script, VFP, Python, Javascript (they obviously dream of Abstract Syntax Trees <s>)
>-- hit DBF's (they are a project within Recital, which has been doing xBase forever) or SQL
>-- WebClient automatically generated, runnable on any platform, any device
>
>There are many questions to be answered, of course:
>
>-- will it really do all that?
>-- will they be responsive to developer needs?
>-- will the cost be feasible for both small custom development shops and ISVs with broad deployment?

How much test coverage will they have with each language, device, backend setup ?
I guess they moved in the last few years in big/middle iron circles.
Could be too much - the large apps I was involved in grew static because of test overhead,
even when implementing partially automatic testing. And that was in places they were used to support
a couple of thousand users for each app in a laaaarge suite.

[One of the reasons some went to java - much higher dev cost, but less test cost]

>If they deliver, I can't imagine a much better tool to move from today into the future.

looks nice on the site, they probably will finish, but without listed product licensing scheme
and at least an estimated price range I won't look at the beta.

And vfp devs are among the pickiest bunch of an already strange craft (me definately included...)

regards

thomas