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I’ve been a heavy user of FoxPro [1] back in time. I would really love someone to make a better version of it. Although these days you have Airtable [2] and Ni

I’ve been a heavy user of FoxPro [1] back in time. I would really love someone to make a better version of it. Although these days you have Airtable [2] and Ninox [3] they are having different user base than good old FoxPro. 1: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_FoxPro https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_FoxPro 2: https://airtable.com https://airtable.com 3: https://ninoxdb.de/en/ https://ninoxdb.de/en/

davepdotorg 8y ago
https://harbour.github.io/ https://harbour.github.io/ might interest you if you don't know it.
ericcholis 8y ago
I currently maintain a "legacy" VFP application that is actually quite robust. Not as modern as most languages, but desktop apps can be quite robust. The access to HTTP libraries and WebView controls can bridge some gaps. What's really missing is a better IDE with better type hinting, autocomplete, tabs, etc... VS Code would be a great base for an updated IDE. I know that Rick Strahl's West Wind has support for Visual Studio, but there's still some functionality missing.
- gavinpc 8y ago
  I ported a FoxPro app to VFP in 2012. I had worked on the original one in DOS and ported it to FP for Windows around '96-97, so I knew the IDE's pretty well. But by that point I couldn't stand anything but Emacs. So I got xbase-mode (and patched it a bit), and just automated the project build. There was 100+ screens so I had to do some bulk processing on those SPR's. But I used WebViews for any new stuff, and that was much better (though it was basically IE7). Yeah I owe Rick Strahl so many beers for his blog. http://www.budgetbuilder.com/ http://www.budgetbuilder.com/ Second time this has come up this morning. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18635799 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18635799
mamcx 8y ago
Seconded! I'm working in a spiritual replacement (http://tablam.org http://tablam.org) but with first-class support for mobile. I'm starting with a relational language, then a bridge to native UI Toolkits. Embed sqlite and good support for others RDBMS and as a larger hope, a custom RDBMS on top of LMDB or WiredTiger.
- wbl 8y ago
  Why not SQL Lite?
  - mamcx 8y ago
    Sqlite is just the RDBMS (aka: storage). I plan is build a general purpose language, interface with sqlite and others and maybe, a rdbms later

davepdotorg 8y ago

https://harbour.github.io/ https://harbour.github.io/ might interest you if you don't know it.

ericcholis 8y ago

I currently maintain a "legacy" VFP application that is actually quite robust. Not as modern as most languages, but desktop apps can be quite robust. The access to HTTP libraries and WebView controls can bridge some gaps. What's really missing is a better IDE with better type hinting, autocomplete, tabs, etc... VS Code would be a great base for an updated IDE. I know that Rick Strahl's West Wind has support for Visual Studio, but there's still some functionality missing.

gavinpc 8y ago
I ported a FoxPro app to VFP in 2012. I had worked on the original one in DOS and ported it to FP for Windows around '96-97, so I knew the IDE's pretty well. But by that point I couldn't stand anything but Emacs. So I got xbase-mode (and patched it a bit), and just automated the project build. There was 100+ screens so I had to do some bulk processing on those SPR's. But I used WebViews for any new stuff, and that was much better (though it was basically IE7). Yeah I owe Rick Strahl so many beers for his blog. http://www.budgetbuilder.com/ http://www.budgetbuilder.com/ Second time this has come up this morning. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18635799 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18635799

mamcx 8y ago

Seconded! I'm working in a spiritual replacement (http://tablam.org http://tablam.org) but with first-class support for mobile. I'm starting with a relational language, then a bridge to native UI Toolkits. Embed sqlite and good support for others RDBMS and as a larger hope, a custom RDBMS on top of LMDB or WiredTiger.

wbl 8y ago
Why not SQL Lite?
- mamcx 8y ago
  Sqlite is just the RDBMS (aka: storage). I plan is build a general purpose language, interface with sqlite and others and maybe, a rdbms later