>>Sounds like you've done some work in the area...
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>>But, with a group named Fox Industries, VFP sounds like the perfect tool!
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>I just recently jumped into the JAVA pool. I'm into it up to about my neck right now. Can you spell n-e-o-p-h-y-t-e? :-)
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>What I can say though is that for a seasoned VFP developer, the transition isn't that difficult and there are a lot of similarities between the two. JAVA is pure OOP in that all code is run from an instantiated object. I'm having a good time with my feet in both camps! I'd like to hear from others on the UT doing JAVA, anyone?
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>At Fox, we are doing VFP, VB, C++, COM+, XML, ASP, Citrix application hosting and more! The company started in the 80's doing FoxPro for DOS, then Windows and was an SBT reseller. We've come a long way from there baby. We're a MSFT Solution Provider and have a lot of cool stuff going on here!

Kool time to be a techie! Congrats on your longetivity. That's a credit to your doing good business with clients.

I'm still largely in Fox. Exploring Java right now. I'd agree that VFP provides a great intro to OO and event programming that transfers well to Java. I feel comfortable with the stricter typing of Java, having cut my teeth on Pascal some time ago.

What I like...

Java holds the promise of being a cross-platform language, with class libraries and interfaces that address the most common kinds of programming tasks: algorithms, persistent data storage, graphics, networking, etc. So many classes, so little time!

Still wondering about...

I have the Java IDE loaded on my system at home. Even with 128 Meg, and only the IDE running, I experience continual swapping to virtual memory. Thin client it ain't for a moderately complex application such as the IDE.