The only exception I will take on the web application development, is to
suggest you invest your time to learn Tango. You would do yourself a favor
to use VB and prepare yourself to use VB.net. VB is a language that is not
going away any time soon and is the language that is used predominantly on
the server side in ASP. But VB.net is not quite the same as the present
architecture using ASP and VB, but still worth the investment of your time
to start learning VB. The DotNet environment wont be in final release till
sometime next year and I predict it will be the overwhelming environment of
web developers. Also, you will want to pick up on java script as well to
handle client side actions. Java script has a little more horsepower than
VBscript and is multi browser friendly (at least Netscape and IE from
3.something and up). Also, if your app is very simple, you may not even
need a database on the server, you may only need a text file that you append
to each time someone votes and you can import the text file into the
database adhoc. I do not take this position to invite flames from everyone
currently using Tango. I am suggesting the investment in time to learn a
new bag of tricks, that VB offers a greater potential to the developer
looking to get the most from his time in the future. VB hooks you up to
many things that you can employ as a solution rather than workarounds. You
get API, ActiveX, Web Development, Application Development, FileSystem
access, Text and Binary File Access, Graphic control, Etc. VB has more or
less morphed into a Grown Up language and with its next incarnation as
VB.net, will have all but a very few elements of C++ and since it will share
the Common Language Runtime, it will Compile to the Same EXE as C++ or C#.
I know others on the list have started using VB more and as they have become
more familiar with VB, have come to respect the hidden strengths of the
language and I believe probably look for excuses to program in it. You
probably also know from this list, RBase / Oterro is light-years more
friendly with the VB environment as well, thanks to Razaak and the
development team. Just my opinion......
mike
----- Original Message -----
From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2001 9:49 AM
Subject: RBWIN, Moving a simple app to the Internet
> I'm looking for a few quick pointers on how to get started with porting a
> simple application to the internet.
>
> First, I know next to nothing about programming for Web-based
applications.
> I have a fairly simple little Rbase application that my company has used
> internally a few times to perform proxy vote tabulation for a couple of
our
> Credit Union clients. The partner in charge of our Credit Union work has
> asked if it would be feasible for us to make the application available via
> the internet to allow individual members of the credit unions to record
> their vote on the internet rather than returning the ballot. Any of you
> who own stock and get annual meeting proxies in the mail probably know
what
> I'm talking about.
>
> I know there have been related questions posted in the past, and I
> apologize for not paying much attention, but it wasn't an important topic
> for me at the time, and now it is.
>
> So my questions are (not necessarily all the questions I should be asking,
> or even the right ones, but what occurs to me at the moment):
>
> Does anyone have a suggestion for recommended reading on this
subject?
> What is the easiest way to make an Rbase application Web-enabled (if
> that's even the proper term)?
> What is the best way (maybe easiest and best aren't the same thing)?
> What software is needed other than RBWIN to power the application?
> Am I going to be talking about a lot of time and money to do this?
>
> Any help I can get will be greatly appreciated, even if it's only to point
> me toward other things I should read.
>
> thanks,
>
> Allan
>
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