Hi Hank,

That is great! I'll be there, it looks like we are going to have lots of fun.

Here at my office I have to battle bravely for VFP, the general perception is that VFP is still FoxBase.
It is funny, my friend and coworker, lead developer/arquitect for VB-SQL Server over here, is trying to get into C#, and, armed with a C# book he was trying to create a class but didn't know how to create a property on it. The book wasn't helping him. I brought my ".Net for VFP Developers" and solved his problem in 30 seconds. It is so great we have OOP from 1995!!
I have to confess tough, I haven't touched that book, now I'm in crunch time.

I'll meet you next Friday, I'll try to gather a small crowd from my office.

Max


>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