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Working with FoxPro developers with different degrees of knowledge, it’s interesting to see where the general knowledge line is. What do I mean by that? If you put a bunch of FoxPro developers into a room and talk about standards, you get one indication of where their technical level is at. Yet when you look … Read more
Over on Shedding Some Light, Rick Schummer notes that JD Mullin has a demo of how to get started with VFP and the Advantage Database server. I’m glad to see these types of demos get put up more and more by the people behind the scenes of a product instead of just the marketing types. … Read more
I keep on doing Google Searches for VFP and Sedna or VFP and VFPX to gauge traffic. It’s not scientific and by in large, I use my own news aggregators for real check-ups but I like to use Google every now and then to get a reality check outside of the VFP blogosphere community. If … Read more
Many developers will tell you “Development is full of “aha” moments” – those moments when something clicks and everything falls into place. What they don’t tell you is that there are also a few “doh” moments – moments where you see code (usually your old code from years back) and instantly see why it wasn’t … Read more
According to Craig, Sedna Release Appears to be Imminent… This is, of course, great news for FoxPro developers as they have been waiting (im) patiently for it since October when they released SP2. I had noted it on an earlier post and asked around, finding out that Sedna got put behind VS2008 and SQL 2008 … Read more
Bo Durban has announced the first production release of GDIPlusX from VFPX is now available for download from CodePlex. GDIPlus is one of those things that look really cool but have always been hard to wrap your head around, especially in FoxPro. GDIPlusX makes it 10 times easier. Get it today! VFPX – Release: GdiPlusX … Read more
A lot of people are pointing to Joel Spolsky’s Talk at Yale: Part 1 of 3 and it’s a great read. If you read it further, I guess closer to the end of Part 1, he makes some very valuable comments on automated testing and the need for human intervention, using Vista as an example: … Read more
Cathy’s posting a workaround for the bug she reported earlier with Visual FoxPro SP2 but the deafening silence from the Redmond camp is kind of annoying. We all looked forward to having a single solid release of VFP from which we could build solutions around – but one that wouldn’t be introduce major new problems … Read more
I just posted The FoxShow #47 that features a great interview with Tod McKenna on the rules of data normalization (the Forms of normalization) and how they apply (or don’t) to databases (SQL Server , FoxPro, etc) for general application use and then also for reporting. It comes in around 50 minutes – but I … Read more
I was concerned a while back about where VFPSolutionExplorer.com had gone – it’s nice to see that Craig Bailey has re-forwarded it to the FoxTabs page on this blog. If you haven’t played with FoxTabs before, it totally rocks! And it definitely gets around – I was speaking to one of my colleagues about various … Read more