SWFOX - X# vendor session on YouTube

FoxProMatt · Post by **FoxProMatt** » Tue Oct 29, 2019 4:01 pm

FFF / Karl -

Obviously, I can't speak for Robert, but, I was at SWFox 2019 Conference myself, and I saw Robert in at least 2 other sessions related to VFP and .Net/C# integration (presented by Doug Hennig and Rick Strahl). I think Robert was able to see from the speaker's interactions with the session attendees that indeed, many FoxPro people *do* already have a good bit of familiarity with .Net, C#, and Visual Studio (myself included for over 10 years vs 25 years with FoxPro). Many VFP people there are like me (VFP + .Net). It is no big leap to learn .Net (any of them) or Visual Studio.

I like Chris, he is smart, but I do not want to take a dependency on his one-man-developer XIDE (no offense Chris). I want a full, robust, .Net focused IDE, and that is Visual Studio, hands down.

Chris · Post by **Chris** » Tue Oct 29, 2019 4:06 pm

None taken!

Although note that XIDE is also absolutely a full, robust, .Net focused IDE (and A LOT faster than VS), but it is just not tailored for VFP usage.

mainhatten · Post by **mainhatten** » Tue Oct 29, 2019 4:57 pm

Chris wrote:None taken! Although note that XIDE is also absolutely a full, robust,

can attest having no problem with XIDE, even after using vfp IDE for so long that its clear I am not really young any more...

.Net focused IDE (and A LOT faster than VS), but it is just not tailored for VFP usage.

"faster" is a great feature for this vfp user, as he is used to minimal compile time to p-code and almost instantenuous start up of vfp pcode-interpreter..I will certainly test foreign waters...

regards

thomas

FoxProMatt · Post by **FoxProMatt** » Tue Oct 29, 2019 5:15 pm

Sure, by all means XIDE is an impressive work, and indeed .Net focused (poor choice of words on my part).

I guess I was referring to things in Visual Studio like Nuget Package integration, and the (massive) Visual Studio Marketplace for distributing/installing Visual Studio add-ins and extensions, Database Integration, Azure Integration, etc.

Yes, it is a beast of an IDE, with more bells and whistles that any one developer would ever need. But, it's very widely known and supported, and that's what I like.

Regard, let's get back on the goodness of X#. That's the main thing I want to promote.

Cheers.

Chris · Post by **Chris** » Tue Oct 29, 2019 8:45 pm

mainhatten wrote: "faster" is a great feature for this vfp user, as he is used to minimal compile time to p-code and almost instantenuous start up of vfp pcode-interpreter..I will certainly test foreign waters...

Sorry, I wasn't clear, with speed I meant the IDE functions themselves, for example the editor in XIDE is fast also in very old machines. But regarding compiling speed it is not making a difference, no matter if you use VS, XIDE or even command prompt to compile, the compiling speed will be almost identical, as the compiler is completely separate from the IDE(s).