Visual FoxPro
Visual FoxPro is a programming language that was developed by Microsoft. It is a data-centric and procedural programming language with object-oriented programming (OOP) features. It was derived from FoxPro (which was itself descended from FoxBASE) which was developed by Fox Software beginning in…
Key facts
- First appeared
- 1984
- Category
- database
- Problem solved
- Visual FoxPro was created to extend the successful Xbase database programming paradigm, particularly FoxPro's speed and data handling capabilities, into the graphical user interface (GUI) era of Microsoft Windows, while introducing object-oriented programming for more robust and maintainable data-centric applications. It aimed to provide a comprehensive, integrated environment for rapid application development (RAD) for desktop databases.
- Platforms
- linux, windows, unix, web, ios
Related technologies
Notable users
- Numerous small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) globally, particularly for line-of-business applications developed in the 1990s and early 2000s.
- Organizations with legacy bespoke data management systems.