<s>
ActiveVFP	B-Application
(	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
AVFP	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
server-side	B-Language
scripting	I-Language
framework	O
designed	O
for	O
Web	O
development	O
to	O
produce	O
dynamic	O
Web	O
pages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Similar	O
to	O
PHP	B-Application
,	O
but	O
using	O
the	O
native	O
Visual	B-Application
Foxpro	I-Application
(	O
VFP	O
)	O
language	O
and	O
database	O
(	O
or	O
other	O
databases	O
like	O
Microsoft	B-Application
SQL	I-Application
and	O
MySQL	B-Application
)	O
,	O
ActiveVFP	B-Application
can	O
also	O
be	O
used	O
in	O
Model-View-Controller	O
(	O
MVC	O
)	O
web	O
applications	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
RESTful	B-Protocol
API	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
ActiveVFP	B-Application
is	O
completely	O
free	O
and	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
and	O
does	O
not	O
require	O
the	O
purchase	O
of	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Visual	I-Application
FoxPro	I-Application
or	O
any	O
additional	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ActiveVFP	B-Application
was	O
originally	O
created	O
in	O
2001	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
main	O
implementation	O
of	O
ActiveVFP	B-Application
is	O
now	O
produced	O
by	O
the	O
Foxpro	O
Community	O
at	O
and	O
serves	O
as	O
the	O
formal	O
reference	O
to	O
ActiveVFP	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
ActiveVFP	B-Application
is	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
released	O
under	O
the	B-License
MIT	I-License
License	I-License
.	O
</s>
<s>
ActiveVFP	B-Application
is	O
unique	O
among	O
server-side	O
web	O
languages	O
and	O
frameworks	O
because	O
it	O
has	O
a	O
database	O
and	O
database	O
functionality	O
built	O
into	O
the	O
language	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ActiveVFP	B-Application
uses	O
the	O
native	O
Visual	B-Application
Foxpro	I-Application
language	O
as	O
it	O
exists	O
in	O
the	O
latest	O
version	O
produced	O
by	O
Microsoft	O
,	O
Visual	B-Application
FoxPro	I-Application
9	I-Application
SP2	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Using	O
ActiveVFP	B-Application
,	O
the	O
VFP	O
compiler	O
only	O
executes	O
VFP	O
code	O
within	O
its	O
delimiters	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
purpose	O
of	O
all	O
these	O
delimiters	O
is	O
to	O
separate	O
VFP	O
code	O
from	O
non-VFP	O
code	O
,	O
including	O
HTML	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
main	O
objects	O
available	O
to	O
ActiveVFP	B-Application
for	O
web	O
programming	O
are	O
:	O
oRequest	O
,	O
oResponse	O
,	O
and	O
oSession	O
(	O
and	O
all	O
of	O
the	O
objects	O
that	O
have	O
been	O
available	O
in	O
Classic	O
Active	O
Server	B-Language
Pages	I-Language
(	O
ASP	O
)	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
objects	O
are	O
used	O
entirely	O
within	O
Visual	B-Application
FoxPro	I-Application
to	O
accomplish	O
web	O
programming	O
with	O
FoxPro	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
PHP	B-Application
,	O
ActiveVFP	B-Application
takes	O
advantage	O
of	O
automatic	O
memory	O
Garbage	B-General_Concept
Collection	I-General_Concept
(	O
GC	O
)	O
and	O
Dynamic/Weak	O
Typing	O
,	O
boosting	O
programmer	O
productivity	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
“	O
scripting	O
”	O
mode	O
,	O
ActiveVFP	B-Application
offers	O
Model-View-Controller	O
(	O
MVC	O
)	O
design	O
as	O
well	O
.	O
</s>
