Please archive this thread for possibly future people who are new to WinDev asking similar questions. After reading and processing all the responses, it seems clear that PCSOFT will have to commit more effort, time and resources for any significant growth of the dev base in English speaking markets. It is certainly a sad commentary but at the same time, it's just the truth. At this pby ScottG - WinDev Forum
JP Clearly there are good use cases for the WinDev family but it is also pretty evident that PCSOFT has not been very helpful or supportive for their English developer base for a long period of time. It was very similar for Magic Software from 1980 until 2012 or so. The motto was "love the product, hate the company" for almost all "Magicians" (US based Magic Developers)by ScottG - WinDev Forum
At this point, all that is happening here is beating a dead PCSOFT horse. There is no need to pile on PCSOFT further. This thread can be locked or archived for times when someone else may have similar questions. Likely it should not stay publicly available though because it resulted in more or less a recommendation to not use WinDev except for very, very few circumstances. Thank you againby ScottG - WinDev Forum
Thank you for such a thorough response. If this assessment is accurate, PCSOFT has only a tiny lane for license sales. I suppose I find it odd because PCSOFT has consistently advertised to myself and others with flashy RAD (Rapid Application Development) Ads via email. Amazing they have been profitable for so many years with only solo dev shops but it appears they have found a way. It seeby ScottG - WinDev Forum
Thank for that explanation JP. That explanation makes sense of the "testimonials" I suppose. Perhaps the correct question to ask this community of developers is: "Is there any reason why you would recommend someone learn or use the WinDev family of development languages?"by ScottG - WinDev Forum
What is baffling is the testimonials on the WinDev.com site stating companies as big as John Deere, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Porsche, Honda (in France) and more using this language. Are these testimonials not accurate? Did PC SOFT do the development directly? These companies are all very large so it's hard to reconcile the concept that the PC SOFT products are only able useful fby ScottG - WinDev Forum
Thank you Al. I appreciate the brutally honest response. This may indeed be a waste of time. Would be sad as the product is so capable in replacing much more expensive apps.by ScottG - WinDev Forum
Happy holidays all. I am the fella that spend a couple months making an English WinDev 26 tutorial a little over a year ago. Though my personal responsibilities to my family require me to take care of an elderly relative, I have about 23 years of IT experience and training that includes everything from where I started as a server / network engineer to later a software developer using a prodby ScottG - WinDev Forum
Thank you Heinz. Wow all the way back to 10! That is reassuring. Thank you for quick reply.by ScottG - WinDev Forum
I did a quick search but found nothing about it. What I want to do is install WinDev 27 to export some projects then import them into WinDev 2024 (v29). The dongle I have is licensed for both Dev versions. I just need to see if they can co-exist briefly. Thank you in advance for any wise advise. Scottby ScottG - WinDev Forum
Sorry for this change from $9.99 for $13.99. Udemy has proven to be very hard to work with when it comes to pricing the course. There system will now only let me make a coupon code to get the price down to $13.99 Nothing would make me happier than to simply make the course permanently $9.99 with no coupon needed but Udemy will not allow any price lower than $19.99. Here is this monthsby ScottG - WinDev Forum
Hi everyone. Just a quick update to help people save money if they know someone that would like a study buddy to go through the WinDev 26 tutorial. Sadly after being release for about 40 days, it is very, very clear that very few people in the US are interested in using the WinDev tutorial to learn WinDev. The goal of the course, for me, was to just learn WinDev and record it for others to hby ScottG - WinDev Forum
lol @ "Scotty's WINDEV forum" <- that's funny Please do not put my name in it lol. It should be about WinDev not me. Perhaps something like "WinDev Tutorial Forum". If a description is needed, perhaps something like "Forum for discussing the WinDev Tutorial with others" Whatever forum you create will be much appreciated. After you make it,by ScottG - WinDev Forum
Thank you Guenter. You are correct about the amount of time to even put a course like this together. I initial was going to do it in WinDev 27 because it was about to be released at the time I started in Nov 2021 and the online tutorial for 27 was already posted on the website. Then I learned that the Express (tutorial) version for 27 will not be released until late 2022. Here are a fewby ScottG - WinDev Forum
Hello everyone. I only found this WinDev Forum because of the traffic found by Udemy.com so forgive me for not having known about this place earlier. Those commenting above are absolutely correct about course / tutorial walk through is 100% meant for novice and intermediate level WinDev developers. The course I made is nothing more than a way to help others that are trying to get their feby ScottG - WinDev Forum