I have asked a similar question over on the FORUM, and got two responses. I know more people than two have developed web pages and 4D applications working together.
I really need to get into designing both. - The advantage I have is that I am starting from scratch with web development and 4D and the web. The 4D database linked over the web that I personally developed with HTML back in the early 90s are way out of date. I want to learn the new way of working, because that will future proof my skills, and the sites/Applications I develop. - The disadvantage I have is that I am starting from scratch. OK, having said that what tools do you recommend (and why)? There are so many web development tools, and so many web developers that want to gobble up the Database application behind it all (thus my work) as they ‘can do it all’. - I have seen talk about Angular, AngularJS, React ( Frameworks - correct). - There are new tools in 4D since back in the early 90s obviously. - Yes, REST is important, but what does that mean. A white paper from 4D on 4D v19 and the web and working together would be very nice to have. The web sites I developed way back then, everything was in 4D. I wrote all the static HTML and stored, and sent it out from 4D. That was then, but from what I understand now things can work better as the WebServer itself can interpret the JavaScript to execute code there - thus being faster. Of course scalability is important to. No use using a tool that cannot scale. I remember the first time I installed at a site with 150 concurrent users, and a 20 x 300 foot chart room that would be put into our system along with all new data. That scared me, but 4D 2004 did it. Any comments, thoughts, warnings, or drop by and say hello are all appreciated. Thanks Jody Bevan ********************************************************************** 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) New Forum: https://discuss.4D.com Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html Options: https://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech Unsub: mailto:[email protected] **********************************************************************
