>Do "Real Programmers" use the Project manager, Form Designer and so on. I can see that there are ways to do all this with code but I want to try to move forward in my programming if it is right.

Well, don't know about "Real Programers" but one thing for sure is that each application should be in a project for at least 4 years now and build with forms.

Using the built in tools will always make your migration path from version to version smootly.

Migration is almost a no go. From prior versions to Visual FoxPro 5, most of the people are rewritting to benefit of all the OOP features and other things.