We wrote a REST API in 4D and expose it with the built in web server. The REST API serves up JSON docs formatted in Siren. The API is documented in Swagger. On the front end we wrote an AngularJS application that talks to the REST API.
Advantages: * If we wanted to we could implement the same API somewhere else and the front end would keep working. There isn't anything 4D-specific about the web app. * Our customers can access the REST API directly and build their own tools (and a few of them are!). Disadvantages: * Creating a REST API in 4D is time consuming. There aren't any tools/frameworks to make this happen or to automatically generate documentation, etc. I found these two books to be very helpful: AngularJS Up and Running: http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920033486.do RESTful Web APIs: http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920028468.do Joshua Hunter [email protected] (425)673-1974 www.dwdev.com Dataworks Development, Inc. Providing secure and configurable data management solutions for research and clinical labs since 1987. -----Original Message----- From: 4D_Tech [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Keith Goebel Sent: Monday, January 16, 2017 3:41 AM To: 4D Tech Mailing List Technical Subject: Website development path Hi all. Since our Java/Flash based website stopped working (something about Java not supporting ODBC anymore), our web developer is looking for the "best" option for a re-write in something else. The question is what? Apart from using Wakanda and 4D Mobile, or php, what other models are you guys using? - are you using SQL to access the 4D data? - if so, what tool(s) do you use to develop it with? - what web server as the front end (Apache, NGINX, other)? A fairly big ask I know... TIA, Keith ********************************************************************** 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) FAQ: http://lists.4d.com/faqnug.html Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html Options: http://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech Unsub: mailto:[email protected] ********************************************************************** ********************************************************************** 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) FAQ: http://lists.4d.com/faqnug.html Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html Options: http://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech Unsub: mailto:[email protected] **********************************************************************
