Ed Leafe wrote: > On Jan 20, 2010, at 8:52 PM, Jeff Johnson wrote: > >> I have heard some folks saying that they code their own forms. After >> working with the class designer I feel that it is even better than VFP. >> I can put together a great form in a short period of time and the >> property sheet, object view, code editor are better than VFP by a long >> shot (in my opinion of course - I've only been working with FoxPro since >> 91). The sizers make for a very professional form, too. I would like >> to know why some of you code your own forms by hand. > > Dabo had been around for several years before I got the Class Designer > to the point where it was reliable enough for real production use. In the > meantime, coding your UIs by hand was the only option, and thanks to Python's > ability to quickly run your code, is almost as fast to do in the hands of a > good coder. > > I still remember in the Fox 2.x days that there were devs who shunned > the whole .scx stuff, and coded all their forms in PRGs. It was simply that > that's the way they learned to do it, and they got very good at it, so they > saw no reason to change. > > > -- Ed Leafe >
Ed: I was one of those guys. Maybe that's why I asked the question. I am totally impressed with the job you guys have done. The class designer is a powerful, reliable and intuitive tool to use. We won't even mention Python here!!! I am about to launch a major application using Dabo and I feel confident I can use Dabo instead of VFP with equivalent results. I can use VFP9 for familiarity, but I want to use Dabo. Thank you for your dedication to this great project! Jeff Jeff Johnson j...@dcsoftware.com Phoenix Python User Group - sunpigg...@googlegroups.com _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: Dabo-users@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/dabo-users Searchable Archives: http://leafe.com/archives/search/dabo-users This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/4b57ca0d.1070...@dcsoftware.com
