"We must look the future." Only if the future is a step forward and not a step backward.
This is my third or fourth attempt at finding and alternative and keep ending up in the same place: NOTHING runs like a Fox. Paul H. Tarver Tarver Program Consultants, Inc. Email: p...@tpcqpc.com -----Original Message----- From: ProfoxTech [mailto:profoxtech-boun...@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Ivan Martinez (imvh.g.c) Sent: Monday, August 21, 2017 12:47 PM To: profoxt...@leafe.com Subject: RE: [NF] Python: 2.x vs 3.x VFP is the best but it´s obsolete. We must look the future. Ivan Martinez -----Mensaje original----- De: ProFox [mailto:profox-boun...@leafe.com] En nombre de Laurie Alvey Enviado el: lunes, 21 de agosto de 2017 13:01 Para: ProFox Email List Asunto: Re: [NF] Python: 2.x vs 3.x If you're building Windows database apps, what's wrong with VFP? Laurie On 21 August 2017 at 08:04, Alan Bourke <alanpbou...@fastmail.fm> wrote: > If you just want to build Windows desktop apps, learn something else. > Something like Xojo, or C# and one of the .NET presentation frameworks. > > Python is an excellent general purpose language and has many fantastic > frameworks for web apps. > > > -- > Alan Bourke > alanpbourke (at) fastmail (dot) fm > > On Sun, 20 Aug 2017, at 05:49 PM, Paul H. Tarver wrote: > > Gotta say, right now it is all very confusing. From all the > > different frameworks and ide's and modules and platforms and > > licensing and versions I'm making myself crazy trying to figure out > > how to proceed. > > > > All I want to do is find a language and/or platform to build windows > > desktop (for now, web later) applications with strong easy database > > support and distribute the applications commercially that doesn't > > cost an arm and a leg though I'm willing to give a leg. > > > > I need another Foxpro I guess. > > > > Paul Tarver > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > > On Aug 19, 2017, at 11:18 PM, Ed Leafe <e...@leafe.com> wrote: > > > > > >> On Aug 19, 2017, at 3:55 PM, Paul H. Tarver <p...@tpcqpc.com> wrote: > > >> > > >> I guess that was part of the question. The installation for > > >> Python > 3.x sets > > >> up paths and other stuff that I thought would be exclusive to one > version or > > >> the other. But I guess you are saying they coexist happily, correct? > > > > > > Python has virtualenv, which is a sort of sandbox which prevents > different versions of software from colliding with each other. You can > create a virtualenv, and when it is activated, it makes it so that > only the version of Python and any installed libraries are available. > Switch to a different virtualenv, and its like you moved to a > different machine with different versions and installed stuff. Tip: > install virtualenvwrapper to make working with virtualenvs a breeze. > > > > > > -- Ed Leafe > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/signed > > > text/plain (text body -- kept) application/pgp-signature > > > --- > > > [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/077b01d31ab0$df41bcf0$9dc536d0$@tpcqpc.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.
