Clarion Folk

Next week I’ll be firing off a new segment, taking a very quick and simple look at Clarion 7.

Even after the short time I’ve been using Clarion 7, I’m excited. Already, going back to Clarion 6 and not having the alignment “blue bars” has me pining.

That is, to me, a great sign. That in such little time, the enhancements can become ingrained into my work habits.

Kudos to SV!

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Imagine this.

It’s an ordinary day. Minding your own business, coding away, you are a little annoyed when the doorbell buzzes. It disturbs the sanctity of your workplace.

Of course, when it’s Larry Page standing in your doorway, there are only two reactions.

1. Punch him in the face because you are one of the wierdos who doesn’t like Google, or,

2. Invite him in.

Larry knows your name. He’s been watching you, watching what you’ve been doing. He and his Crew are very interested in Clarion, and you are the man to push interest into actual development.

He gives you 6 months and the insane financial backing of Google to write an App in Clarion .Net.

What App would you create with Clarion .Net?

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Back on the 14th I posted $10 Million To Make A Clarion .Net Ad.

There was a great response, both here and on the newsgroups. Following is a summary of your thoughts:

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Murray Gillespie

• It was a simple ad, “Ease of use vs Price”, that sold Clarion to him.

Richard Rose

• Language. Appgen. Smart Approach. Templates. Integration. Code Generation (from Dave).
• Talk about global companies who are using it. Mentioned largest construction project in the world (www.alrahabeach.com).

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Dave Harms (http://clarionmag.com)

• “Templates” while the world was saying “Objects”.
• Quote: “We’ve been doing code generation since Bill Gates was in short pants. And now we do it for .NET.”

Gustavo Pinsard

• “From novice to expert, to customer satisfaction.”
• True language. Strong code generation capabilities built into the IDE.
• Screenshots:
  1. A piece of Clarion source.
  2. Appgen in action.
  3. Image picturing satisfied Customer.
• Programmers / Developers AND Customers / End Users.

Paul MacFarlane

• Do a World Tour.
• Give out Subscriptions.
• Training Class, in two halves.
  1. Demo the program, Instructor creates an App.
  2. Attendees create their own Apps.

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Paul MacFarlane, Mark Riffey, Pratik, Myself

• Conversation about the Intangibility of Advertising.

Andy Morgan, Dave Harms, Jeff Slarve, Richard Rose, Myself

• Conversation about Trial Versions, Time Limit, Usage Counters.

Pratik

• Hold a conference next to MS Visual Studio’s next one.
  • “Clarion: Be productive .. Be Profitable.”

Paul MacFarlane, Richard Rose, Andy Morgan

• Conversation about World Tour, User Groups.

Art Bonds, Myself

• Pirate jokes. Because no conversation is complete without them.

There you have it. If I’ve left anything out, please let me know in the comments.

This was a fantastic exercise. I’m going to continue down the same vein.

QUESTION: What would you like me to ask the Community next?

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Let’s say you were tasked with the job of coming up with an advertising campaign for Clarion dot Net.

What would you do?

Here’s an idea to kick things off, although anyone who’s listened to the podcast will already know it.

The Focal point of the campaign is the word “Rad”. It’s said by a bunch of different people, in different situations .. All pointing back to Clarion .Net.

If you had an big budget, what kind of Advertising Campaign would you do for Clarion .Net?

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