Hi Max,

just noticed your reply.

The original title was (is): "Let's See .NET Do This!" I guess Joe didn't want to incite too much fury. <s>

What I will talk about is how VFP is optimized for the developer, from data access to OOP implementation to IDE design. I will demonstrate the tools I use in development, by building a client-server application in 1 hour:

-- Visual ProMatrix (framework optimized for rapid development)
-- xCase (ERD -- extensible, data-accessible, generates backend)
-- xCase2VPM (glues xCase and VPM, generating most views for an application and much more)
-- ProSysPlus Libraries (extends VPM; utilizes extra information generated by xCase2VPM) and Builders (integrates our extensions of the VPM DD into the IDE)
-- ProSysPlus Project Manager (integrates the DD and VPM into the production management process)

The reason all these tools are possible is because VFP is such a powerful development environment. Give me a couple of years fulltime and I could rewrite my parts in .NET (a year to "become one with the .NET" and a year to write the stuff).

So, I'm really challenging the .NET people: don't just give me 130,000 classes and tell me I've got everything I need. Give me a development environment as developer-friendly as VFP. And until you do, admit that VFP rules. <s>

Hank


>I just received an email from Joe Hommick inviting to:
>
>Friday December 6, starting 5:30 pm.
>Visual FoxPro vs .Net by Hank Fay.
>Hank will be discussing the merits of Visual FoxPro vs .Net as a
>development platform. This event is being termed the "War at the Shore 3
>1/3"
>
>For your information, the old Gold Coast VFP User Group morphed into a more generic GCUG focused in MS technologies and obviously, .NET.
>We had -as much as I remember- 2 previous "wars at the shore", SQL Server vs Oracle and Windows vs Linux. Very entertaining.
>
>But for this one I'm not sure of getting it. I'm a rabid VFP fan and user, but comparing both as development platforms seems to be a little bit counterproductive. Or not? In any case, Hank should have all the ammunition he can gather.
>
>Hank, may you comment about it?
>
>Max