I want to learn from the ground up...I am going to also pursue my MCSE at the same time. I also want to develop in a "PURE" form, by this I mean away from any foxpro converters or psudo front ends, just pure web development using the correct tools for the job. I am going to attend cold-fusion based web-into development track at a local training facility, this will get me started. Thanks for the input. I was hoping some one would reccomend Cold-Fusion.
>There are two facets to this conversion. One, is the architecture itself. It is very different from tradition VFP apps. You need to get a good understanding of how Web servers work, how they relate to and work with browsers, etc... Also, a good understanding of scripting languages (VBScript, JScript, etc..) is essential.
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>The second thing is the tool set. I have used West-Wind Web Connection for several applications. And, I would suggest checking that out. However, I would suggest checking other tools out. Visual InterDev and Cold Fusion to name two. If you have 2 years, take time to look outside the VFP box. Using your VFP skills to create COM Components for business logic is a skill you should still leverage. There are still issues with authoring pages, and linking script with components that you will still need to master. There are some great non-VFP tools out there. Check them out!!
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>>Well I have been a foxpro programmer for 11 years, I have gone from version 2.0 to VFP 6.0. I ahve always been a DIE HARD foxpro guy...It is just the best darn database on the planet. Anyway myself and our programmming department as all of similar backgrouds and we are all going to change to web programmers!!! We are going to learn the language of some system and start developing all our future apps as Internet apps, we also have to redevelop all our current production aps ( about 40-60 ) . We have about 2 year to complete this project and it just sounds scary, anyway I was wondering if anyone has used a particuliar tool or front end or what ever you used to do your web app development in, and had any luck with it.
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>>I would appreicate any input or advice anyone can throw my way.
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>>Chris Thornburg
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cthorn@ionet.net
