Author: Ted Roche
Posted: 2016-11-04 at 09:29:48
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
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Ted Roche
Ted Roche & Associates, LLC
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