Is web-deploy no longer available?

[DevBoyLars]

Hi there,
is web-deploy no longer available in LC 6?

[Mark]

Hi,

That's right. It was already unavailable in the store before 6.0 came out.

Kind regards,

Mark

[DevBoyLars]

Thank you. Do you know the reasons, why it was removed?

[FourthWorld]

Thank you. Do you know the reasons, why it was removed?

Low ROI. At this point browser plugins are pretty much history. Combined with the costs of supporting the various nuances of each browser's plugin API, there's just no significant return to be had on that investment.

For most apps where a compiled plugin would be acceptable, you can just as easily deploy a slim standalone that downloads its UI and code over the Web. This provides the same one-time install requirement, and all the benefits of centralized app management and up-to-the-minute updates. But since it's a standalone it also provides a UI dedicated to the task at hand, and can support an offline mode if desired.

For truly browser-native apps, there's only one language built into all browsers, JavaScript, so the good thing is that we don't need to spend time evaluation options, because we don't have any.

That said, even with truly native HTML/CSS/JS implementations, there are many ways LC can be used to support such development workflows, from generating layouts to producing static pages from templates, or even using LC Server to deliver dynamic pages.

[DevBoyLars]

Thank you