Just be aware that discord has horrible threading. Never run your own stuff on the web unless you’re really sure what you’re doing (unless it is read-only stuff). Preventing SQL and Scripting injection is not a trivial thing to do and in that sense LiveCode and PHP are kinda the same.
Doing a forum in LiveCode is a cool experience and will teach you a lot, but if you’re gonna do it, you will need to be prepared to get really good into other aspects of development beyond LiveCode. You’ll need a very good grasp of Web technologies such as HTML, CSS, JS. You will also need a good understanding of servers, protocols, and databases. As Richard said, it is not an easy project. > On 18 Sep 2023, at 18:57, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > Rick Harrison wrote: >> Has anyone built Forum Software with LiveCode? > There are a lot of PHP >> ones, but I have yet to > find one that was built with LiveCode. > > PHP is >> hacked all the time, and I have found > hacker bots that try to hack my >> server all > the time by exploiting holes in PHP. They > even try to install >> PHP on my server so they > can then use it to hack my server! > > I think >> Forum Software built with LiveCode > could be more secure, but I don’t >> want to > build it myself if someone has already > created it. > > Suggestions? > > > Don't build it yourself. It's a lot of work. Software is almost always more > affordable to buy than build, and most forum packages these days are FOSS and > free of cost. > > Crafting the user experience alone would take months to do well. And if you > think security is lacking in established packages see what happens when you > roll your own. ;) > > Use Discourse. There are others, but Discourse is currently the go-to choice > for new forums. Great UX, open source. > > Another option that's become increasingly popular is to ditch hosting your > own forum altogether and using Discord instead. Forums can be set up there > for free, with native mobile apps available and rich APIs if you need to > customize anything. > > -- > Richard Gaskin > Fourth World Systems > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
