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Summary: Simply the best book and software combination for VFP/Net
Review: Rick Strahl has created an application that is by far the most robust application for using Visual Foxpro to build Internet/Intranet applications.
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Summary: The best source of hands-on apps programming on the Web!
Review: Rick Strahl really knows his stuff and it shows. The chapter om IIS setup helped me understand how to set the Web site server parameters better than I could with any other book or info (MS included!).This book clearly explains the different ways to create applications that do something useful on the Web. It details ASP, ISAPI and COM with lots of easy to follow Visual FoxPro code examples. It also discusses at length using VFP as a client and server using HTTP as your network. I highly recommend this book to anyone serious about database programming on the web or using the internet for your app distribution.
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Summary: The required WinDNA handbook for VFP developers
Review: Rick's book takes a Visual FoxPro developer though all of the required technologies involved in building remote and distributed applications over HTTP using Visual FoxPro. The book clearly shows how these core descriptions, tutuorials, and examples are then glued together to allow a Visual FoxPro developer design and develop high powered internet/intranet applications.
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Summary: Rick Strahl knows his FoxPro
Review: Simply the best resource available to getting your FoxPro applications on the intranet/internet. Rick has been doing this a long time and really knows his stuff. The book is well organized and easy to follow
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Summary: Concise text explains the art, shows solid rules & examples
Review: The clarity in which this book describes emerging technologies is astounding. It seems to be right on the pulse of internet development and shows in clear examples how things work. But it does not stop there; all the little tricks that make the various products and tools sing in harmony are detailed and the author gives work-arounds and offers best practice rules for us to apply. (I have already tried many of them and they all work just as described!) It is too bad that the section on XML was written prior to the release of IE5. I could have really used the author to elaborate his keen insight and vision into generating XML/XSL -- but, hey, if I knew yesterday what I know today... Limited time prevents me from reading too many books, but I highly recommend this one to anyone who is or wants to build really great web applications in Visual Studio.
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Summary: Rick's book is an excellent step in getting "Webified"
Review: This book does a great job of covering web development for FoxPro developers. Rick does a great job of explaining advanced topics without making you feel like you need a PhD in Comp. Sci. as a pre-requisite. If you are a FoxPro developer and really want to start developing web apps, this book is absolutely your best first step. Not only does he teach you the technologies but he let's you benefit from his experience by comparing methodologies in a straight-forward, honest fashion. (Todd Albers talbers@enterprise.state.fl.us)
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Summary: Wow!
Review: This book is a real eye opener. I've been doing Web development for a long time, but this book is full of new and different ideas of how to use the Web that I could put to work immediately. This is definitely not your average Web development book. The standard fare of ASP and FoxISAPI are covered but there are also great sections on client side integration, which points out many not-so-obvious methods for integrating the Web into existing applications. The scalability and Large Web development chapters also offer a number of interesting ideas. Even if you're not a VFP developer this book will be well worth a read. And if you are a VFP developer you'll really appreciate all the tools Rick provides with the book and in the code snippets in the text.
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Summary: Information you find anywhere else!
Review: This book is excellent! It provides so much in-depth information on how the Internet works and how to put it to use with VFP. I also appreciated the many little tips and tricks that share the author's obvious knowledge about FoxPro and the Internet. Another strong point is the fact that the author actually mentions downsides and problems and weighs them - this balance is something we see little of in most books these days. The only nit I have is that this book does not serve as a good quick reference - it's meant to be read not used for quick lookups. But a full read is well worth it and the logically grouped chapters are independently readable!
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Summary: Finally the pain of migrating to Visual FoxPro pays off!
Review: This book makes the pain of migrating to Visual FoxPro pay off! I've finally found something that Visual FoxPro is better for than good old 2.x. Thank you Rick Strahl! If you are a FoxPro programmer and have a need to display your data on the web this book describes the mechanics to do it. While other internet development books only mention Visual FoxPro in passing, this book fills in the Fox hole! It's a must read for anyone looking for a Fox solution!
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Summary: Finally the pain of migrating to Visual FoxPro pays off!
Review: This book makes the pain of migrating to Visual FoxPro pay off! I've finally found something that Visual FoxPro is better for than good old 2.x. Thank you Rick Strahl! If you are a FoxPro programmer and have a need to display your data on the web this book describes the mechanics to do it. While other internet development books only mention Visual FoxPro in passing, this book fills in the Fox hole! It's a must read for anyone looking for a Fox solution!
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