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Summary: A great guide to doing it right
Review: Despite the uneducated review of a hack programmer from one of the Northern states (you would wonder why everyone else gives good reviews yet his inflated ego makes him think everyone else is wrong and he is right) this book tells exactly how to write internet based programs the right way.
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Summary: In doing the examples I found myself learning much.
Review: From the simple examples of http I found tips that got me jobs doing stock quotes for databases immediately. I found many ways of doing applications without a WAN by using the Internet as the connection. The simple example of calling a Visual FoxPro Server Component from ASP brought to light many points. Must have for any Visual FoxPro programmer.
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Summary: A must !!!
Review: I "eat" this book in two days, I found it very informative and proof. It's one of the better books I've readed, if you're developing with ASP , I think it's a must regardless you know VFP or not, you'll find a lot of tips for Internet Programming and "internals" of VBS and ASP.
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Summary: Great book! Delivers exactly what it says.
Review: I have been researching on the internet for months how to successfully develop web applications using VFP. I have found some information, but have been left wondering in several areas. Rick's book has a great overview of all the technologies required and specific information on how to actually make it work using ASP or FOXISAPI without having to purchase his or someone else's framework. If you download the code from Hentzenwerke's website, you have everything you need to get your app up and running on the web fast and relatively easy. Thanks Rick!
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Summary: Doesn't deliver
Review: I would like to know how many of these rave reviewers have actually tried to implement the procedures, step-by-step, as outlined in Rick Strahl's book. I spent a miserable two weeks trying to get things to work and discovering numerous mistakes, incorrect syntax, and missing function calls. While the solutions Strahl has developed are very inventive and creative, the logic in the book is often hard to follow, and he jumps into code without telling which whether he's coding web pages, the automated server, or foxpro, or where the code fits into the overall application design. There are many omissions and logical leaps of faith.Also, the book fails to deliver what it promises. In his introductory discussion, he points out the great advantages of server-side development, because it requires the least of users in terms of the software they have on their computers or which browser they are using. He winds up his demonstration section on server-side development with an actual FoxPro form that runs on the web, but with a magical sleight of hand he almost forgets to tell you that this "requires" Internet Explorer. This is server-side development? I don't think so. I finally hit enough blind alleys and dead ends that I decided to try something else. I would suggest that Fox developers who are interested in developing web applications point their browsers to Foxweb. They have an excellent, much more efficient product that works on the same technolology, but comes with documentation that is logical and straightforward. It took me about an hour to read and digest the documentation, and we were up and running in no time.
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Summary: Great ! I'd like to give it 6 stars.
Review: I've been waiting for the book for months. It's much more than what I expected. I can't find this book in Thailand. Thanks to Amazon.
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Summary: VFPers now have the tool as reference WEB development
Review: If we (VFPers) wanted to stay competitive in the arena of Software Development, we should be thinking of migrating apps into the Internet. This book is a perfect guide for us to build dynamic WEB Applications. Now, I am little bit at ease because VFP really is a powerful tool and I don't have anymore pressure to look for another just for WEB building.
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Summary: Read this book if you are interested in VFP and the NET
Review: Mr. Strahl explains everything you need to know to put your VFP applications on the internet. The INet technologies are not left as some kind of magic, but rather are explained clearly and susinctly. A must have book.
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Summary: Light bulbs on every page
Review: One advantage to editing a book like this is that I get to read it six months before anybody else! Rick has so many great ideas for Internet and intranet development with Visual FoxPro that little light bulbs went on for me on every page. I often had to put down the manuscript so I could immediately put an idea to use in my own code.
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Summary: Very good web development reference for VFP developers
Review: Overall I think that Rick's book is very good. It assumes you are fascile with VFP. I believe that Rick has succeeded (moreso than Microsoft) at enlightening readers how to take advantage of the power that VFP offers for web development. The one drawback to the book is the age-old "moving target" dilemma. Since the book hs been published, Microsoft has delivered a (more) truly multithreaded version of the VFP runtime engine, and it now supports the Compile command in the run time version. This changes the equation a bit when it comes to deciding how to best deploy VFP as a web database server, and I wish Rick would e-publish an addendum that thoroughly addresses this. Regardless, I think the book is still an essential reference. To my knowledge, it's the only one of its kind.
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