Visual FoxPro is in the news again
Many of you know that the Donor Manager is written in Visual FoxPro, a wonderful database programming language by Microsoft.
These days, VFP seems a bit out of favor with Microsoft, who is pushing their also very nice Visual Studio.NET as their premier programming environment.
But, it is interesting to note that VFP is now rated higher that VB.NET in terms of programmer interest. Here is an interesting article on that. Be sure to read the comment at the end trying to explain why VFP made a huge jump in popularity in the past few months:
http://farm.tucows.com/blog/_archives/2006/4/17/1892314.html
VFP is truly a workhorse programming language.
These days, VFP seems a bit out of favor with Microsoft, who is pushing their also very nice Visual Studio.NET as their premier programming environment.
But, it is interesting to note that VFP is now rated higher that VB.NET in terms of programmer interest. Here is an interesting article on that. Be sure to read the comment at the end trying to explain why VFP made a huge jump in popularity in the past few months:
http://farm.tucows.com/blog/_archives/2006/4/17/1892314.html
VFP is truly a workhorse programming language.
3 Comments:
First, let me thank you for all you've done with Donor Manager. I've not used it myself yet, but I know people who do.
I have a fond spot in my heart for Fox. It was the first SQL database, and I stayed with it for years. I wrote a couple chapters in Using Visual FoxPro 3.0, and numerous articles as well. I was a founder of the Detroit Area Fox Users Group. I was once considered a guru.
I nevertheless do not believe the results quoted. VFP is ranked just below PL/SQL (Oracle) and a number of places ahead of T-SQL (MS SQL Server). That can't possibly be right. The big four databases in the world are Oracle, SQL Server, DB2, and Sybase. Oracle and SQL Server alone have thousands upon thousands of users.
I wish I could.
hey dad,
noticed you had a new version of donor manager out...this is the first time i've looked at your blog. i didn't realize you had one. you make me so proud! love you!
I'm so hanging out for your VFP 9 version of Donor Manager. I'm a missionary down in Australia and have loved your program.
I've thought about making my own in Filemaker 9. But why go through that when DM is so tried and true!
Thanks for your work and live long VFP.
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