Free version of Rev and web services
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Free version of Rev and web services
I'm new to the Mac world. All my programing has been done in Windows with C#. I'm very interested in Rev because of the fact that it crosses platforms. If I learn Xcode then my apps now only work in Mac. I could use some advice though, this looks a lot like flash an I was thinking I should learn that? What are your thoughts? Also and most important can Rev talk to rest based web services? This is a must have to work with my company and would pretty much be the deal breaker. Thank you for any help you can offer this new guy
Re: Free version of Rev and web services
Hi Garnold and welcome to the forums!
I am for sure no REST expert, so I think others will chime in. What I know is that you definetly can use http post and get to talk to your server. I have been involved in writing a massive front end in rev that talks to a JAVA server via multipart form posts. Server and client communicate in XML and it works like a charm.
As to the flashy-ness of rev. It certainly is a different beast than c# or xCode. I tend to find it a lot easier to grok and once you become used to the different paradigm, it can be a real time saver. Especially when you build front ends that need to work cross plattform. The native look and feel will "come out of the box" if you use the standard controls. This will always require a little bit of tweaking for the different plattforms for such things as fonts, that may not be available across plattforms, or just render a few pixels differently.
Or you can decide to desingn a custom UI that will be pixel precise across plattforms.
All the best,
Malte
I am for sure no REST expert, so I think others will chime in. What I know is that you definetly can use http post and get to talk to your server. I have been involved in writing a massive front end in rev that talks to a JAVA server via multipart form posts. Server and client communicate in XML and it works like a charm.
As to the flashy-ness of rev. It certainly is a different beast than c# or xCode. I tend to find it a lot easier to grok and once you become used to the different paradigm, it can be a real time saver. Especially when you build front ends that need to work cross plattform. The native look and feel will "come out of the box" if you use the standard controls. This will always require a little bit of tweaking for the different plattforms for such things as fonts, that may not be available across plattforms, or just render a few pixels differently.
Or you can decide to desingn a custom UI that will be pixel precise across plattforms.
All the best,
Malte