>Helllo all,
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>Very sad but eventually we will have to find a new development environment to replace VIsual FoxPro.
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>Survey time!
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>I know, I know that I did this survey a while ago. Forgive me for that but I guess that it's been long enough and a new survey could give interesting feedback.
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>Considering all the languages, and frameworks available for those languages, which environment seems to be the most promising for the next 15 to 20 years?
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>I know that Javascript is used a lot, mostly with very interesting frameworks.
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>Python is also a very interesting environment.
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>How important is C# nowadays?
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>What else?
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>The selected alternative to VFP has to be something used by a lot of developers, so that when needed consultants or employees should be easy to find.
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>Your thoughts?
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>Thank you very much for your contribution.

The single fastest new language you can learn coming from VFP projects is WinDev because (1) the language syntax is the same for all intents and purposes, (2) it contains both a free native database (very similar but better than what comes with VFP – in standalone database mode or client/server mode) and can connect to any 3rd party database, and (3) you build projects in the same way. In addition, the French version comes out first and there is a large French community (larger than the English community). It connects to any database and can integrate many other languages e.g. Java .Net etc. Lastly, the same syntax you use to write desktop apps is also used for browser solutions and smartphone apps. In fact, they are working on being able to just run your desktop app as a website without code changes and without the need for TSPlus or any other those remote desktop emulation tools. Coming from VFP, WinDev represents the fastest route to getting up to speed. It is almost code line for line comparable to VFP. Every 3rd party tool you have ever had to stick onto VFP is almost certainly available natively in WinDev.