[ANN] Introducing Remote DB Lib

[Andre Garzia]

William,

I have considered updating my own FB library to use the new GraphQL
standard (it will be a major refactor, as in, from scratch). What other
services would you like?

om om
andre

On Wed, Jun 7, 2017 at 2:41 PM, William Prothero via use-livecode <
use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:

> Andre, I’ll check this out.
>
> What would be really useful, tho, are libraries to access various web
> services that are becoming so popular these days.
>
> Bill P
>
>
> > On Jun 6, 2017, at 1:16 PM, Andre Garzia via use-livecode <
> use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> >
> > DB Lib (andregarzia/projects/dblib) is a minimalistic database library
> for
> > LiveCode that works on Desktop and Mobile and allows you to build
> > database-savvy apps without writing SQL directly.
> >
> > This post is to introduce a great new feature called Remote DB Lib. As
> you
> > may know from posts on the mailing list and forums, many developers would
> > like to use DB Lib in their apps over the internet. Like all other
> database
> > libraries that work on top of RevDB, DB Lib (until today) needed to
> connect
> > directly to the database server to work and this is not a good solution
> for
> > apps that work over the internet since exposing MySQL to the internet at
> > large is a huge security risk.
> >
> > Today I am releasing the first version of a drop-in replacement library
> > called **Remote DB Lib**. This new library has the same API as the
> current
> > DB Lib but instead of working on top of RevDB, it works alongside a
> > matching PHP file on your server, it is this PHP file that actually talks
> > to the database server. The Remote DB Lib picks all your DB Lib calls and
> > packs it on an encrypted message that is sent to the PHP file where it is
> > decrypted and executed. This library is using state of the art AES 256
> > encryption.
> >
> > More info at: andregarzia.com/en/blog/introducing-remote-dblib
> >
> > This new library is a part of the DB Lib product so all current customers
> > should be receiving an update notice shortly. For those that don't have a
> > license yet, this is a good time to get it and enhance the security of
> your
> > apps.
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > andre
> >
> >
> > <http://andregarzia.com/en/blog/introducing-remote-dblib>
> >
> >
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