On Dec 7, 2012, at 8:20 PM, G Gambill <gwgamb...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks, do you know if FoxInClouds requires Windows? I'm hoping to get away > from finding a provider that offers Windows.
If you are looking to get away from Windows, then I think that that pretty much rules out all Fox-based approaches. I have found Python to be the language which most closely resembles Fox. No, the syntax isn't similar, but the approach is. Both are dynamic languages which are strongly-typed. PHP is dynamic but weakly-typed, and that causes a lot of problems when transitioning. Python also has a much stronger object model than PHP; it's much more similar to VFP in that regard. The other intangible with Python is the awesome community. People ask me why I still support the Fox community when I haven't worked with Fox in nearly 5 years, and I always tell them that it has an amazing community of extremely helpful people. That's exactly what I've found the Python community to be like, so if you're thinking of not just doing a one-off project, but instead looking toward the next phase of your development career, Python is certainly an excellent choice for many reasons. Oh, yeah - there's Dabo, too. I hear it's pretty cool. ;-) -- Ed Leafe _______________________________________________ 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/e5b09f34-e4d1-42da-9cd4-4a3bbbc82...@rackspace.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.