On Apr 8, 2004, at 7:24 AM, Norman Winn wrote:
1) Current solution has about 15 users accessing stuff from FM server.
2) Solution is not web enabled. This ability would be handy. Are RR stacks inherently web ready? I suspect not.
Norman,
trying to answer you questions =)
well multiple users accessing a database in a single tier enviroment are realy matter of the RDBMS, if you settle for multi-tier then it's easy to program it's logic.
about issue two, I *hate* to disapoint you but there's nothing more web ready than Revolution! =)
yes, there are tons of stacks that are web ready, and for a glimpse into the future and the endless possibilities of our net-savvy Revolution, try looking at my home server at http://home.soapdog.org:8081/
It's a http Server, a DB enviroment and development framework, all them built in pure Transcript. All apps are stacks running in the server, when you access for example the /about url you are accesssing about substack, and they are all web enabled. My development framework features automatic data transportation from web enviroment (GET and POST form data, XML-RPC...) to Revolution enviroment, I've got a cool utilities suite that's able to convert simple field based revolution windows to HTML Forms on the fly and take care of all the data transportation. With this framework I delivered many solutions, all web based, from custom sites like shopping carts, to apps that at the first look share nothing with the web like chat apps (but the chat app uses HTTP as protocol for chat...)
We have powerfull resources to mix web stuff with rev, I just applied my personal vision to them, but many here got different experiences. Thats just possible for Rev makes very very easy to use anything web-savvy. I urge you to take a quick look at my server and also on project LibCGI (which is an inspiration for me).
Also many standalone software here got a 'Check for updates' feature that will use HTTP as their protocol.
I do think that you're trying to create a conduit to your DB, so that users could access it from a browser interface. I've got some examples of that on my home server. I've got a little user database there, you can access it to see users, edit them or add them. It has only 10 lines of code, everything is handled by my framework, it will take care of generating the forms on the fly, will match form fields with revolution fields, will trigger the 'saving' routine after submit button is pressed. It's a little tech demo.
Don't be so pessimistic (does this word exist in english?), we can do a revolution togheter, Revolution can do web in a very high level way, leaving you to ponder about the logic of your program, we've got many experiences and code to share. You can to DB with Rev, you can pipe your DB to the Web on the fly. You could use my code, you could hire me for the job of custom stack development, you could write your own code (it's not that difficult), if you plan to use static web site, with no interaction, just to browse the DB you always have Fourth World (http://www.fourthworld.com) WebMerge app, that will take a DB and generate static HTML for it.
As they say, let there be options!
Cheers Andre
-- Andre Alves Garzia 2004 Soap Dog Studios - BRAZIL http://studio.soapdog.org
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