Why Thor? by Jim Nelson - Thursday, April 10th, 2014 at 18h00
Thursday, April 10, 2014
Detroit Area Fox User Group (DAFUG) presents:
1) "Why Thor?" by Jim Nelson
Because:
-the IDE has been stagnant since version 9 was released about a decade ago, when its features were already lagging behind what was available in other environments; the IDE has the feel from a time long ago.
-the intricacies of SCXs and VCXs and the inheritance model make for a complex environment in which we have become accustomed to making do with the tools provided, as if that is all we could hope for.
Thor offers a wide number of tools to enhance the IDE (and thus your productivity). Some of the concepts implemented in these tools came from other environments (most notably Visual Studio) while others come from brainstorming about the the peculiar needs for handling SCXs and VCXs.
VFP's IDE provides us with manual tools; Thor offers power tools instead.
We will start by installing Thor and then show how you can begin using a wide range of tools that will simplify your programming life, including:
-GoFish - the successor to Code References
-Go To Definition - opens the definition of a method, property, object, PRG file, procedure, function, method, form, or class, or to create a property or method ... with a single keystroke
-Super Browse - browses tables and simplifies the selection of fields for SQL statements
-Working with highlighted text
-Working with Parent and Container Classes
-Tools for re-factoring
-Finder
-Set Object size and Position
-BeautifyX
-Recognizing and correcting C5 errors inside WITH / ENDWITH
Along the way, we will show how you can use Thor to make these tools available to you in the way that seems most natural to you, using any combination of hot keys, system menu pads, pop-up menus (akin to Multi-Key Cords in Visual Studio), Tool Launcher, and the Thor toolbar.
2) Along with anything else people want to talk about.
Are you interested in presenting to DAFUG? Show off something cool in software development you believe your peers might be interested in hearing about? We are always looking for volunteers and topics.
Future Planned DAFUG Meetings and Speakers:
-May 15, 2014 - Restful APIs and Mobile App Development by Toni Feltman
-June 12, 2014
-July, 2014 No Meeting
Mary Pilon, Secretary for DAFUG