One of the best computer-related books I have ever read is Steve McConnell's "Code Complete" The second edition was published in 2004 and contains a lot of new material about object-orientation. I highly recommend this book. It's entire contents are an answer to your question.

pamela

> Today I use VFP to improve my own productivity and distribute my work to a very small community.
>
> Foxite is a great resource for keeping me out of trouble, but someday I know I'll need to hire an expert to make my applications more robust and networkable.
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> So I direct my query to you VFP consultants in Foxite land: What are the common coding practices that newbies make that I should avoid to make your consulting life easier?
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> Three things I've heard on Foxite so far
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> 1. Keep public variables to a minimum
> 2. Use Hungarian notation
> 3. Create your own subclasses of the VFP base classes
> 4. . .
> 5. . .
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> Are there certain coding practices that make you want to tear your hair out?
>
> Dan Baker
> Effort of the Poconos, PA, USA