Tim, Nice writeup! Makes me sorry that I couldn't fit in time to attend the Summit this year.
I'll toss in a bit of history - "object" databases. It was a concept that kind of flared up back in the 90s but didn't get any market traction. For instance, way back when I was working at Motorola, we tried to use an object database called O2 (example at http://www.db.ucsd.edu/static/cse132b-sp01/o2.pdf) to track requirements. The requirements for cellular system features were done in the hierarchical milspec fashion of 1.1.2, 1.1.2.1, 1.1.2.2, etc. so it seemed that a database with inheritance, etc. would fit. Ah well, another fine idea tried before its time - the user interface and development platform was all a bunch of command line stuff and it was clumsy trying to get it to connect to all the other bits and pieces of the organization. I ended up throwing together a 4D system, serve it to some web pages and declaring victory. Fast forward, I _love_ the idea of dot notation. This seems like 4D could be getting back to its sweet spot of being able to generate an application/web app/client server db by small groups or single developers. Trying to build an integrated app using one (usually many cobbled together) of the javascript frameworks for android/ios/electron to get the full combination of platforms desired along with all of the fun, maybe-secure, maybe-maintained, node libraries and who knows what else dependencies is a ticket to a failed business plan. Tom Swenson On 4/9/18, 10:06 AM, "4D_Tech on behalf of Tim Nevels via 4D_Tech" <[email protected] on behalf of [email protected]> wrote: I got back from 4D Summit 2018 in Washington DC and thought I’d post a few of my thoughts and comments about this year’s summit. ********************************************************************** 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) FAQ: http://lists.4d.com/faqnug.html Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html Options: https://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech Unsub: mailto:[email protected] **********************************************************************
