Beginner book

Hey all,

Yes, Hentzenwerke.com. That assumption made, I've got a new developer with
a lot of web dabbling and not much formal training are large app experience.
Hentzenwerke suggests Fundamentals as the first book. I know it covers 6,
but the basics have not changed a lot since then so that makes some sense to
me. Anyone have any experience w/ this book or another recommendation as to
which to start a newbie off with?

TIA,

John

Leemi
Wed Jan 28 12:32:57 CST 2004

Hi John:

I have not read that book from Hentzenwerke, so I can offer no comments on
it. However, I have sent many people to this web site that offers free
information on using VFP 6.0. Like you said, a lot of the basics have not
changed, so I think this is a good place to start.

http://www.free-ed.net/fr03/lfc/030101/129/default.asp

I hope this helps.

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>Hey all,

>Yes, Hentzenwerke.com. That assumption made, I've got a new developer with
>a lot of web dabbling and not much formal training are large app
experience.
>Hentzenwerke suggests Fundamentals as the first book. I know it covers 6,
>but the basics have not changed a lot since then so that makes some sense
to
>me. Anyone have any experience w/ this book or another recommendation as
to
>which to start a newbie off with?

>TIA,

>John

Cindy
Wed Jan 28 16:28:31 CST 2004

In news: umA2Tyb5DHA.504@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl,
John Spiegel <jspiegel@YETANOTHERSPAMHATERc-comld.com> wrote:
> Yes, Hentzenwerke.com. That assumption made, I've got a new
> developer with a lot of web dabbling and not much formal training are
> large app experience. Hentzenwerke suggests Fundamentals as the first
> book. I know it covers 6, but the basics have not changed a lot
> since then so that makes some sense to me. Anyone have any
> experience w/ this book or another recommendation as to which to
> start a newbie off with?

"Effective Techniques" (Booth and Sawyer) is also a good one. Depending on
what your app is like the more specific books (Advanced OOP, Client-Server)
will also be helpful.

Another idea is the live classes or self-study courseware from TakeNote
Technologies (www.takenote.com).

--
Cindy Winegarden MCSD, Microsoft Visual FoxPro MVP
cindy.winegarden@mvps.org www.cindywinegarden.com

John
Thu Jan 29 11:38:17 CST 2004

Thanks, Lee & Cindy!

"John Spiegel" <jspiegel@YETANOTHERSPAMHATERc-comld.com> wrote in message
news:umA2Tyb5DHA.504@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> Hey all,
>
> Yes, Hentzenwerke.com. That assumption made, I've got a new developer
with
> a lot of web dabbling and not much formal training are large app
experience.
> Hentzenwerke suggests Fundamentals as the first book. I know it covers 6,
> but the basics have not changed a lot since then so that makes some sense
to
> me. Anyone have any experience w/ this book or another recommendation as
to
> which to start a newbie off with?
>
> TIA,
>
> John
>
>