Hello there folks,
I'm looking to get some feedback from the hive mind of this group. And,
I will admit, I'm doing this kind of last minute. Too many things going
on lately, and I have not had a chance to do my true due diligence! Such
as thorough research via prior postings in this forum.
So as some of you may already know, I had a first interview for a
programmer job at UCLA. The second interview is coming up, it's supposed
to be this Thursday, but I might try to postpone until Friday. Too much
stuff going on in my life lately, including doing 2 different part time
jobs and an extended relative who passed away recently, that's the
reason I'm going down to LA for an in-person interview, since the last
interview I did via Skype.
It looks like UCLA really wants to move away from Foxpro, as they know
it's a dead language. But, they want to move to something similar to
VFP. I suspect its also because the 1 and only programmer there, who's
been there for like 30 years and may be retiring soon - doesn't want to
learn something Totally new. And, also wants to minimize the transition!
They are asking me to propose what I think is the best option. They have
mentioned several options such as Fox-in-Cloud, the Alpha software, and
even Servoy. They did not bring up things like Lianja, XoJo, or X# the
open source X-base language.
I know that Fox-in-Cloud even offers a type of Conversion Assistant -
which looks really Great! But, once its converted and running in the
cloud - I'm assuming that making updates to the system actually means
programming in something that is not actually FoxPro - as I think its
Javascript & HTML. But, I could be wrong - and am sure Thierry will
correct me.
There was also some recent discussion on X# which looked like a
potentially great option. But, I heard that via the last posting - the
FoxPro version of the code wasn't really ready yet!
They also told me that they have already been working with Alpha SW -
and in discussions with them for several months. Which makes me think
they are already leaning towards Alpha. A quick review of old postings
in this forum did not show a lot of discussion or users of Alpha. It
would really be great to hear from some Alpha users!
Anyway - any and all input would be greatly appreciated. I've seen
Numerous discussions about a number of these technologies here in the
forum over the years. But, honestly - I never truly got involved with
any of them - until NOW!
Regards,
Kurt
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