Author: Kurt Wendt
Posted: 2016-11-04 at 13:37:44
Ted - You must have a Lot of extra time on your hands - what with creating all these Polls!
Myself - never really worked within Frameworks. They just weren't used on the various jobs I worked at. I did work on this one system - where they guy had created Classes - and I used his existing classes to create new screens. But, that's about it...
Regards,
Kurt Wendt
Senior Systems Analyst
Tel. +1-212-747-9100
www.GlobeTax.com
-----Original Message-----
From: ProfoxTech [mailto:profoxtech-bounces@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Ted Roche
Sent: Friday, November 04, 2016 10:30 AM
To: profoxtech@leafe.com
Subject: Friday Poll: What framework(s) do you use?
I've been an advocate for frameworks since I read the original Codebook book, sitting in a parking lot in Cambridge (our fair city), Massachusetts.
Imagine starting an application and not having to worry about how to get the menu working (Help, About, Copy/Cut/Paste, Print settings) and getting basic dialogs for things like managing reports, managing state between multiple non-modal forms, a rational (usually!) set of strategies for data handling, locking, conflict resolution, primary key generation, relational integrity, grids on tabbed pageframes, etc.
I think frameworks are a great tool for fast startups, well-documented base classes, and handy utilities. Please feel free to disagree.
In the 90's I was the manager for a group of developers and we worked as "experts" with clients with pre-existing apps, or designed and developed apps on our own. As such we got a lot of exposure to most of the frameworks. Drew Speedie (RIP!) started MaxFrame, now "Professional" while working as tech editor on Hacker's Guide, and I was an early and eager beta-tester, also shipping one of the first client-server MaxFrame apps. We worked with Visual Extend and with Mere Mortals and others. Sadly, I never got to work with FoxExpress, although I have the greatest of respect for Mike and Toni's knowledge and skills.
So, what framework(s) do you work with, and why (or why not)?
__ Built my own
__ Whatever the client runs
__ Codebook
__ COMCodebook
__ MaxFrame Professional
__ Visual Express
__ Visual Extend
__ Mere Mortals
__ VFP Foundation Classes
__ Visual ProMatrix
__ Mere Mortals
__ Other (please specify)
__ All of the Above
--
Ted Roche
Ted Roche & Associates, LLC
[excessive quoting removed by server]
_______________________________________________
Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com
Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox
OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech
Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox
This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/80838F1CA795B14EA1AF48659F35166F2FC907@DREXCH02.corp.globetax.com
** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.