Hacker’s Guide to Visual FoxPro is now Open Source

I am pleased to announce on behalf of the authors of “Hacker’s Guide to Visual FoxPro” (Tamar Granor, Ted Roche, Della Martin, and me, with contributions from Steven Black) that the book is now open source: https://hackfox.github.io/.

Most people consider HackFox to be the “bible” for VFP developers because it goes far beyond the VFP help and tells you how VFP really works. It advises which commands and functions to use, which to avoid, and the best way to accomplish certain tasks.

HackFox has gotten a little long in the tooth since it wasn’t updated after VFP 7. Hopefully making it open source will allow it to flourish as people in our community update existing topics and add new topics for VFP 8 and 9. Also, the online content currently closely matches that of the book but that may change over time so it can become a better online resource.

A new book: "VFPX: Open Source Treasure for the VFP Developer"

"VFPX: Open Source Treasure for the VFP Developer", authored by Rick Schummer, Jim Nelson, Eric Selje, Tamar E. Granor, and me, is now available.

This book is organized so you can select any VFPX project you want to know more about and read about it in a single chapter (except for a few projects that are so big, a single chapter wasn't sufficient). By the time you finish the chapter, you know how to install the tool or component, what it does, and all the functionality it provides. The authors share the benefits and the shortcomings in great detail. This book saves you time and helps you improve your Visual FoxPro development experience and the way your applications work for your customers.

Get it today!

More reasons to come to Southwest Fox/Xbase++ 2012

We have more reasons for you to attend Southwest Fox and Southwest Xbase++ 2012:

This year’s keynote address will be given by Jennifer Marsman of Microsoft Corporation. She’ll talk about “Industry Trends in Windows 8”. See http://www.swfox.net/sessionsswfox.aspx#Industry_Trends_in_Windows_8 for a description of this session.

All Southwest Fox attendees receive a free PDF version of the latest VFP book, “VFPX: Open Source Treasure for the VFP Developer,” by Rick Schummer, Tamar E. Granor, Doug Hennig, Jim Nelson, and Eric Selje, courtesy of the German FoxPro User Group, dFPUG.

All attendees receive a free one-year subscription to CoDe magazine, courtesy of EPS Publishing.

Add these to more than 40 different regular conference sessions (Southwest Fox sessions and Southwest Xbase++ sessions) and these concurrent conferences provide an opportunity you shouldn’t miss.

New Book on VFPX Coming Soon

Rick Schummer blogged about a new book on VFPX, VFPX: Open Source Treasure for the VFP Developer. He said it all, so I’ll just point you to his blog to read all about it.

New VFP 9 SP2 and Sedna Book Available

After a really long time in gestation, “Making Sense of Sedna and SP2” has finally been published by dFPUG in both English and German. This book, co-authored by Tamar E. Granor, Toni Feltman, Cathy Pountney, Rick Schummer, Bo Durban, and me, goes into tremendous depth on VFP 9 Service Pack 2 and Sedna, including installation gotchas, things that work, things that almost work, and how to make the use of the new features in both products. “Making Sense of Sedna and SP2” is available now from Hentzenwerke Publishing as an e-book and will be available in printed version in July.