by TimStone » Mon Nov 17, 2014 1:03 am
Some of us have been encouraging everyone to give Visual Studio 2013 a try with Harbour and FWH. I have a massive application running without problems, and am doing extensive refinement to optimize my code. Performance is great, and of course it is the latest development software available.
I think many people have not tried it because of cost, or have only tried the Free Express editions.
Now you can have Visual Studio 2013 Community, the full development package ( for non-enterprise settings ... which is most of us ), for FREE from Microsoft. This is not a limited offer. It is not something to get you to buy in later. It is the full Visual Studio development package for smaller companies and independent developers, available at no charge.
Why consider this ? Microsoft is diversifying their technologies, and they want you to use them. Yes, you still can use FWH but with an improved version of C and the most modern linker and compiler.
Also, do consider that Microsoft Visual Studio 2015 will allow you to build full apps for Windows, Linux, iOS/Mac, and Android.
Imagine all the possibilities we have for improving our client's experiences, combining what we know ( and do ) well with the very latest resources.
Think about it.
Tim