Table of contents

Introduction to Visual FoxPro

Ground Rules

Goals for this morning

Who is Ted Roche?

Outline

What is Visual FoxPro?

PowerPoint Presentation

Episode I: It’s the Data

Episode I: It’s the Data

Terminology

Data Design

Normalization

Relational Data

Reading and Writing Data

Transactions and Buffering

Client-Server Data

Questions on Data?

Part B: It’s the Coding

Part B: It’s the Coding

VFP Commands

Controls, Forms, Classes & Objects

Event Model

VFP Toolset

Questions on Part B: Coding?

Act III: Advanced Topics

Act III: Advanced Topics

Object Oriented Analysis & Design

N-Tier Design

COM, DCOM, COM+

ADO and ODBC

User Interface Design

Project Management

Questions on Act III: Advanced Topics

Part 4: Putting It All Together

Part 4: Putting It All Together

Read The Fine Manuals

Be One With The Fox

Use A Framework

Get A Support Group

Sharpen The Saw

Top Ten Mistakes

Slide 42

Questions on Part 4: Putting It All Together

Epilogue: So, Now What?

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Author: Ted Roche

E-mail: tedroche@tedroche.com

Homepage: http://www.tedroche.com/

Further information:
Introduction to VFP, presented at the Microsoft Visual FoxPro International Developers Conference, 2001