Is anybody familiar with the Slim framework? https://u2206659.ct.sendgrid.net/wf/click?upn=zVoqPCElLqsvotkgCrr-2B98ByZ66gHDJeU2A-2FRbIPyHY-3D_6lpMB7VLnN-2Fj9-2FEErg8-2F-2BMBpb5QxlByTgv2M3fbWD9ebvC-2BWrN3h7jImK8EVWYBeapILWBGo3gCB5qIPX4mxUOIH60qVxs5JIyMRbwpRQE9t-2BpwoJl788NHCscsmtmu72Hg11JrJYZX-2BNp2uUq8rlTFcHKxeuaLHhhTBwCdFM4GlSKRQpAcvXpYaNOAimtzy-2FvGgQZGCFQaoOtqaX5I0lrOY8N-2F54I-2FB7kNpIlmEF00-3D <https://u2206659.ct.sendgrid.net/wf/click?upn=zVoqPCElLqsvotkgCrr-2B9-2B1ENGn9gSP2HPzK5TvIK80-3D_6lpMB7VLnN-2Fj9-2FEErg8-2F-2BMBpb5QxlByTgv2M3fbWD9ebvC-2BWrN3h7jImK8EVWYBeapILWBGo3gCB5qIPX4mxUC4pM9vbPCetI3ZYc2QEtMx3SYnIb-2FFqQ-2BCRfZBTINAr1xDX-2BjQ-2FJUTLXzMWC7OUoQ29vMhmq9co2pqxS-2FDk9HffJn2rAK8LpQtqQOiCK-2BJgTzex1Repj-2BDcr5Ike6in9BGdBW5ZVW9GW60ckX1YpPE-3D>.com
It seems to be very simple and could be ideal for what I’m looking for. -David Schwartz > On Mar 10, 2017, at 8:47 PM, David Schwartz <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Many companies are looking at building mobile apps, and they’d typically need > a back-end DB to manage things. > > But with a back-end DB, you probably also need an “admin” portal that has > more features than the mobile app can provide. > > I’ve been using this Windows app, AppGini, that lets you build some fairly > complicated form-based web apps built in PHP and MySQL. It has full support > for managing users, security levels, access restrictions, and all of that > stuff. AppGini apps can be run nearly anywhere that has php V5.3+ and MySQL > V3.2+ supported. > > What I’m looking for is a fairly simple way to build out a REST API interface > that would allow mobile apps to talk to the database maintained by the > back-end “admin” app, preferably hosted alongside the admin app. > > I’ve been doing some Googling and I came across the term “REST API Platforms” > that seems to be the magical keyword needed for this kind of thing. I > discovered there are a bunch of platforms available, like Kong, Apigee, > Swagger, API-platform, and others. Some are open-source and some are strictly > commercial. Some are hosted, some can be hosted anywhere. They all claim to > be super-easy to use, although I’m sure that’s a highly-relative term. > > I’m familiar with REST APIs from the consumer/client side, and know virtually > nothing about the publisher/server side. > > Does anybody here know much about the publisher/server side? In particular, > are these REST API Platforms useful for what I’m looking at? Or is it easier > to just write the needed PHP code by hand? > > What’s the best way to learn more about this stuff? > > Ideally, I’d like something that can access the MySQL tables, lets me > point-and-click and set some options, and it will spit out the code. > > -David Schwartz > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - [email protected] > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > https://u2206659.ct.sendgrid.net/wf/click?upn=5DvWGaZUY8Sh5aRLWfQTKYiRLVzunonVk948p8WIzMe-2FXlJ9Cta8w8U9xoku9LrUSHNMJbSd3ZEwH-2BqnW2UHlA-3D-3D_6lpMB7VLnN-2Fj9-2FEErg8-2F-2BMBpb5QxlByTgv2M3fbWD9ebvC-2BWrN3h7jImK8EVWYBeapILWBGo3gCB5qIPX4mxUJwJBxztNnbcaXkbf7SVgt7aZArZrqULJsVLr50ulka2pXKf8JBCakW2FqA9wRJ0Ttnr6VEAEuhfQ5z0HHWc0QBFiq2MKfKhwhPHt5li0Uu8aMDVrRE9ceKt-2F-2BAIrNOGPjGxO2sKNpeGyzOSdVCx31k-3D
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