Hi, John.
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>1. We are developing using OOP .... from sratch, so everything have to be done at 1st.. however, since I am the "senior" of OOP for them, I have to train them and build all important classes for them before they can use it.
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>2. However, as I mentioned, I am only beginner-intermediate level, applying and learning at the same time.. It make me take abit long time inorder to get the classes done. During the time I am developing those classes, my team member has difficulty of developing their module, because of waiting for my class and so on..
Have you considered using a third-party application framework? The advantages of doing this are several:
1. You and your team can read from the documentation and provided samples
2. Instead of reinventing the wheel and having to discover your own mistakes, you get something that is already working
3. A commercial framework will be always be FAR more tested than your own
4. Some of the frameworks provide basic business apps as samples that you can build on
5. In many cases, vendors offer training over them (maybe not in Kuala Lumpur)
6. There is some chances that other people near you are using the same framework, so you're not alone
7. Most of them provide free support here on the UT or at some other list. In some cases, support is not restricted to technical issues, but to desing and conceptual issues as well.
8. Last but not least, if something goes wrong, you can blame someone else!!! 8-D
You can take a look at the different alternatives at:
http://fox.wikis.com/wc.dll?Wiki~VFPCommercialFrameworksPersonally, I'd recommend Mere Mortals, because Kevin gives you a lot of insight beside the product, and he has now a .NET version which, although not identical, will surely help you go .NET if the need arises in the future.
I also got surprised by CodeMine when I saw it in action.
You may research also which one is more used at Malasia (if at all), or ask some of the people here about how they feel about each one.
Unfortunately, I built my own, but believe me it's not easy. It took me many years, and we are still finding and correcting bugs or refactoring some components that would have been vastly improved by a wider usage.
Best luck,
