I had been but then my VFP work has picked up so much that I haven't had a chance to get back to it. I enjoyed my time learning RB when I was working with it day in and day out.
I've found that REALbasic is an *easy* transition from VFP. Far easier than anything that I've seen so far for the cross platform development environments that work. REAL Software just released a version that includes OpenGL calls which will make 2D and 3D graphics even faster. The things coming up that are exciting to me is the built in report writer (coming soon) and 64 bit support (coming but it's not immediately sure when). Of course I think RB is great even with today's features. It is object oriented unlike VB6's "object-oriented like". It has a full IDE with a built in debugger. Pros: -- Object oriented -- Cross platform compilation Win, Mac, Linux -- Full IDE -- Commercially supported -- Debugger -- Active 3rd party development tools and plugins -- Reasonably priced (but not free and that might be a good thing) -- Report writers available via 3rd parties -- 64 bit programs sometime in the future -- Continued development of the tool -- No issues of licensing when developing commercial apps Cons: -- No built in report writer -- Debugger not as good as VFP -- Data handling not as good as VFP but not that bad either -- Don't even try to use the HTML viewer control in Linux but in Win and Mac it's good. -- There are some bugs and issues -- Bitchy / nitpicky developers in the forums. (Don't be haters! <bg>) HTH, Kevin MB Software Solutions, LLC wrote: > Ed Leafe wrote: > >> On Jul 12, 2009, at 9:46 PM, MB Software Solutions, LLC wrote: >> >> >>> Saw your RB book. What was your take on RealBasic? >>> >> It was OK; way better than VB, for sure. But IMO that's an awfully >> low bar. >> >> Back then the x-platform capabilities weren't quite complete; I know >> that that's improved since then. But in the end you're still writing >> Basic code, and that's, well, ewwwww. >> > > > Kevin Cully -- are you writing any RB code? Anyone else here commenting > on RB? > > _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** 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.
