Real Basic Web edition - No Plugin Required!

[Richard Gaskin]

David Bovill wrote:

> On 15 September 2010 14:08, AndyP <smudge.andy at googlemail.com> wrote:
>
>> I've noticed that Real Basic are about to launch a web edition.
>> Went to their site expecting a web plugin requirement and found this:
>>
>> 'REAL Studio Web Edition apps run as a FastCGI on Apache.' !
>>
>> http://www.realsoftware.com/web/ http://www.realsoftware.com/web/
>>
>> No plugin so works on most default Apache set ups. As it's a cgi it will
>> work on Ipad, Iphone and most browsers.
>>
>> Now I'm not a Real Basic fan but have to say that having the web version to
>> output FastCGI is pretty neat.
>>
>> Surely this is a better way for RunRev to go for the web and avoid plugins
>> altogether. Wouldn't this open up the uses and market for RunRev?
>
> Yes - I'd have to agree with you. Luckily we can get the same experience by
> working with Revolution and Rodeo <http://rodeoapps.com/>. RunRev should
> never have put development effort into a plugin, it was always more sensible
> to develop integrated revServer / JavaScript solutions, but this is not a
> solution that RunRev with it's focus on the engine fully appreciated - I've
> never felt they got the web. Of course some people love the plugin, it makes
> me smile too, and only the future will truly tell - in 2 years time will we
> be looking at a rich range of web apps using JavaScript, HTML / HTML5 as
> their front ends or will lots of us be using a web plugin?

Jun 27, 2006:

     So in brief, if ToolBook could do this almost a decade ago I see
     no reason why Rev couldn't also:

     1. Identify a subset of things that would be useful in a browser.

     2. Make a Rev library with handlers to support those tasks.

     3. Make a JavaScript library with corresponding handlers to get
        those behaviors in a browser.

     4. Author in Rev, have a library generate the objects as DHTML
        snippets in a web page, reference the JavaScript lib,
        and upload.

     5. Give the URL to your friends and enjoy. :)


     Oh, and I forgot Step 0 (before 1):

     0. Get some of the open source advocates here to do #1, 2, and 3.

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