Great points, Tom.

>That is why the VFP certification tests are a good thing in my opinion will set people apart from the hackers.

EXACTLY. This is why I have been a feverish promoter of the tests since DevCon.

I see things that irk me when looking at others VFP work. Now, I'm not trying to be a code snob here, but I am really sick of seeing:

PUBLIC variables instead of object properties.
APPEND BLANK and REPLACEs instead of INSERT INTO.
Zero use of classes for repetitive controls and functions.
SELECT 0...USE table instead of USE table IN 0.

I can't think of other things right now....but you know what I mean.