I looked in to Dabo some years on an XP box. Didn't get there. How easy is the set up today. and how well is it accepted by providers or are they gun shy?
On Fri, Dec 7, 2012 at 7:34 PM, Ed Leafe <ed.le...@rackspace.com> wrote: > 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 > > > > [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/CAPpp0hVj5KraDE_7YWHKhij8+E7sKp-gLMcz1g5N1=p0wca...@mail.gmail.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.
