>Part of the experience is related to the fact VFP is an interpreter.
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>That is one of VFP's best features. My experience with other OOP platforms is limitied. But with VFP I know I can instanciate an object and query the objects store and state through the command window. Easy! No in-and-out of test programs and alert boxes!
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>And "autocomplete" just makes that experience so much better!
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>A recent project required some heavy XML DOMDocument processes. I knew nothing about DOM "trees". But I did know how to use the command window. So I instanciated and loaded and traversed the tree from command window. If anything, command window offers a powerful efficient method to dynamically study "live" instanciated objects!
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>No other tool has anything like command! How other developers get any real productivity from tools that don't offer the "inside" view that VFP's command window offers probably explains why so many bodies are required for non-VFP projects.

I must say I second this. I dont know what other dev tools have the equivalent of the command window (the thing that VS has is not equivalent) but I love the command window. It is one of the most useful aspects of VFP for me.