On Jul 10, 2007, at 8:46 AM, Leland F. Jackson, CPA wrote:
> I'm not quit sure what the difference is between an IDE and a
> Framework.
VFP is actually two products. There is the engine and the IDE.
You do realize that you can create *any* VFP app without the VFP
IDE, right? Any app you can create using the visual tools available
in the IDE can be written entirely using a plain text editor. It is
the VFP engine that takes PRG code, or VCX/SCX/etc. binaries and
compiles them into a runnable app.
The VFP IDE is a set of tools designed to make coding easier, by
providing features such as visual design tools, syntax-colored
editors, project managers, etc. None of these are required to create
VFP apps, but I doubt anyone would want to develop without them.
A framework is a base set of code that manages the common parts of
any application. In the VFP world there is Codebook, VMP, VFE, etc.
Each of these provides basic application services as well as a
general approach to creating your specific forms, menus, etc. They
can be thought of as a coding guideline for constructing your app,
with a lot of the tedious grunt work already done for you.
-- Ed Leafe
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