New topic: Deploying Web Edition on Mac
<http://forums.realsoftware.com/viewtopic.php?t=46974> Page 1 of 1 [ 1 post ] Previous topic | Next topic Author Message johnnyaction314 Post subject: Deploying Web Edition on MacPosted: Sat Feb 16, 2013 6:22 pm Joined: Tue Feb 26, 2008 3:39 pm Posts: 31 Hi Everyone, I had posted some months back about wanting to use WE to create an iPad based add-on for our Mac based point of sale application which is written in RS. We don't have the budget to hire an Obj-C developer plus the time it would take to port everything over would be unbelievable and we would be managing both the RS Mac sourcecode and the Obj-C iPad code. REAL has iPad support coming, but Im going to be hesitant to roll out a business grade app built in the first version of that and every time Ive emailed them they refuse to give me even a slight hint as to a timeframe, so it makes me worry that it could realistically be over a year before its even out, let alone a version that would be stable enough for us to develop on. iPad support is a huge next step, and we have been told by some perspective resellers of our software that they would not offer it until there is iPad support. We want to move forward with something and Web Edition seems like the best bet because we can use all the database/xml-based data classes that drive the Mac app and just apply it to a web driven interface without having to completely rewrite any of the key features. My idea now is just use Obj-C to write a thin client that would store some settings and behave as an iPad app, but then have it display a web driven interface that would be the bulk of the functionality. Deployment options and socket behavior are really the two things that are going to make or break the feasibility of doing this on WE, so I wanted to get some input from people who have worked with it. After coming across some limitations for WE as far as sockets are concerned, I have decided the best bet would be to have my existing server app/database installer turn the Mac into a web server and install my compiled WE app. The iPads could then just connect into that web app locally. Im wondering if this is even possible to accomplish, and if so, what it would entail? Are there any examples of setting up a web server like this using shell scripts so this could be easily replicated for a distribution? Thanks in advance! Top Display posts from previous: All posts1 day7 days2 weeks1 month3 months6 months1 year Sort by AuthorPost timeSubject AscendingDescending Page 1 of 1 [ 1 post ] -- Over 1500 classes with 29000 functions in one REALbasic plug-in collection. The Monkeybread Software Realbasic Plugin v9.3. http://www.monkeybreadsoftware.de/realbasic/plugins.shtml [email protected]
