1) Like VFP, a full-stack environment -- develop, deploy, against built-in database or 3rd party databases.

2) Create web/tablet/phone apps that use PWA (Progressive Web App) features. PWA is bigger than just getting ride of the URL bar on the browser: service workers.

3) Like VFP, no need to learn separate technologies, but able to be extended with third-party components/libraries. Includes report writer, graphs/charts, dashboard capability.

4) Able to be programmed in Python and JavaScript (and extra points for being able to program in VFP), with the ability to make cross-language calls/returns.

5) Native UTF-8 everything (to avoid the VFP language gymnastics).

6) Choice of Code editor (VSCode an option) integrated into the development UI.

The above describes Lianja V5.4 (in beta). V5.3 has all the above except PWA.

Hank

>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.