FEATURE REQUEST: RevServer outputing Java Script
Posted: Sun Feb 20, 2011 7:26 pm
Looking a RevServer it looks like an interesting technology but still requires a knowledge of HTML as you embed your script within a web page. What I would really like is a cross between the Revlet concept which requires a download for your machine, and something at the server that outputs raw JavaScript.
I think the revlet concept is good but has the following limitations
1. Not possible to download and install a player in some corporate environments, or Public web cafes etc.
2. Some browsers not supported i.e. Google’s Chrome Browser (Although I understand that will be supported in the next release)
3. You can forget access to your application from a mobile device
I'm no expert in the technologies required
Not that I know much about it, the concept developed by Realsoftware for there RealWeb product does look very interesting indeed, I would love it if the RevServer product would work in a similar way. See this link to see what I mean http://www.realsoftware.com/web/
It seems so easy with Livecode to compile for different platforms wouldn't it be great to create a CGI application that generated your application dynamically in HTML with embedded JavaScript (or even embedded revolution code to be run by the RevServer). I understand that this sort on concept would not work for all applications but database type webapps would work very well I think. The goal seems to be with Livecode of having one tool to develop your application, then deploying it to different platforms. I don't really want to have to code HTML or use other tools to create my web visual interfaces, when this could be done slickly within the Livecode environment. When developing for a web environment you may be limited by the types of controls that you could use on your stacks as you would have to use what could be replicated in JavaScript. It may also be that HTML 5 might open up some possibilities in this direction.
It looks like there was a product once that did this in a limited way see http://db.tidbits.com/article/931
I'd welcome other peoples thoughts on this
Cheers
Martin
I think the revlet concept is good but has the following limitations
1. Not possible to download and install a player in some corporate environments, or Public web cafes etc.
2. Some browsers not supported i.e. Google’s Chrome Browser (Although I understand that will be supported in the next release)
3. You can forget access to your application from a mobile device
I'm no expert in the technologies required
Not that I know much about it, the concept developed by Realsoftware for there RealWeb product does look very interesting indeed, I would love it if the RevServer product would work in a similar way. See this link to see what I mean http://www.realsoftware.com/web/
It seems so easy with Livecode to compile for different platforms wouldn't it be great to create a CGI application that generated your application dynamically in HTML with embedded JavaScript (or even embedded revolution code to be run by the RevServer). I understand that this sort on concept would not work for all applications but database type webapps would work very well I think. The goal seems to be with Livecode of having one tool to develop your application, then deploying it to different platforms. I don't really want to have to code HTML or use other tools to create my web visual interfaces, when this could be done slickly within the Livecode environment. When developing for a web environment you may be limited by the types of controls that you could use on your stacks as you would have to use what could be replicated in JavaScript. It may also be that HTML 5 might open up some possibilities in this direction.
It looks like there was a product once that did this in a limited way see http://db.tidbits.com/article/931
I'd welcome other peoples thoughts on this
Cheers
Martin
