I downloaded my first issue of FoxRockX and I have to say that I like it. The format reminds me of the old FoxTalk issues. There is a good amount of content; twenty-four pages with out any advertisements. And of course, source code was included.

Out of the five articles in this issue, Doug Hennig's "Deep Dive: A Generic Import Utility" is my favorite. This article is part one of a two-part series that will demonstrate how to add a generic import utility to your application. In this issue he discusses the overall design and engine code. The next issue will be about the user interface.

Articles like this are a major reason why I subscribe to technical publications. Maybe I don't have a need for this today. But, I know that there is a good chance I will someday. And when that time comes I will more than likely use this article and sample code as inspiration for designing and writing my own.

Links:
FoxRockX http://www.foxrockx.com
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Last year we let our subscription to FoxTalk lapse for several reasons. For starters, there was the marketing tactics of Eli Journals. Then there was the matter where the archive issues, published before Eli Journals took over, were no longer available on the web site. But most of all, I felt that the content was not what it used to be.

So when I heard that Rainer Becker was starting a new on-line magazine called FoxRockX, I was like "hey that's cool". Then I heard that one of my favorite columns, the KitBox, would be coming back along with the always entertaining Marcia Atkins and Andy Kramek...and I thought "that's awesome". But when I found that a FoxRockX subscription included on-line access to the complete archives of FoxTalk issues...I was sold.

It is going to be so cool to have the old FoxTalk issues available in a searchable format. I don't know how many times I've been able to get a head start on a problem by taking advantage of something in one of those articles. Plus, I can't wait to see the new stuff.

Links:
FoxRockX http://www.foxrockx.com
Subscription in America & Asia http://www.hentzenwerke.com
Subscriptions in Europe http://shop.dfpug.com