I'm very interested in learning about the new feature in HTML5 called web sockets. I've looked into it and have come out with a few questions.
It seems that before I can start implementing this new technology into a web application of mine I need to have a web server which supports it. Does this involve downloading something and installing it on the said server? Is there more than one available? If so where do I find these?
I already have experience with JavaScript and HTML/CSS of course, Are there any other languages I will need to learn to start using web sockets?
You might like this:
[Edit this link is outdate]
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1252829/what-browsers-support-html-5-websocket
http://www.w3.org/TR/2009/WD-websockets-20091029
http://www.websockets.org/about.html
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How are you all? I'm a beginner with the web programming. I am planning to develop my personal e-commerce Bookstore for myself. I've basic knowledge of ReactJS, ExpressJS, Spring MVC, MongoDB, and Mysql. I've already done some basic project in ReactJS, Spring MVC-MySQL and Express-MongoDB like Personal Diary, Cost management system, School management system etc. My future plan is to build a native mobile app for this Bookstore. I am a little bit confused to select the language and framework. I've some question and need experts opinion and suggestion like you.
ReactJS or NextJS(Server Side Rendering), which one will best for the frontend of this Bookstore?
Do I have any possibility to face any problem in SEO in the SPA?
Which Framework and Database will best for building the backend for better performance and lower hosting cost?
By using that backend service, can I use the same API endpoint to build a native app?
Any alternative technology to develop the bookstore?
Thank you all in advance.
-ReactJS has a vibrant and big community, so you would find plenty of support
-As far as i understand type of language for the front-end or SPA's shouldn't affect your SEO
-Java is rock solid, battle tested whereas NodeJs is new and a lot of experiments still going around it. Although it is claimed to be faster and easier to work with.
-Cost ? the cheapest would be PHP Apache shared hosting. Java and or JavaScript will both cost almost the same on platforms like heroku or digital ocean.
-Yes you should be able to build native apps using the same endpoints.
-With what you know do not look for alternate technologies. (What you have is more than enough)
-Moral of the story - If you are alone doing everything, JavaScript can save you a lot of time and effort. (Building web-apps, hybrid mobiles apps and server side APIs, all using JavaScript), however if you choose Java for server side, that knowledge may help you build a native android app and then you will need to learn Swift for a native IOS app and JavaScript anyway for web apps.
Everything boils down to what you are doing and how you are doing it.
All the best!
I am currently on a research understanding the whole buzz around some technologies that claim that they deploy themselves as cross-platform apps once you write your code in HTML5/CSS3/AngularJS/Whatever client side techonology.
I understand those technologies provide you with a bridge to the native-side of the OS you are running on, but I still lack some real important information regarding them.
Do all those PhoneGap/Ionic/Cordova just wrap your client-side code into an application? Is it the same as using the web-browser to get to a URL but with only some native-like additions(Camera/File etc..).
Do those technologies just connect to your website that is online using DNS? Or is the "Website" you are building does not sit on a server but only on the local OS? Can they run that application offline?
Besides the native additions you get with those kind of technologies, why bother developing with them when you can on the other hand develop a responsive website that can also work on desktop?
Can you connect to a server-side using Ionic/Phonegap? Let's say I have an MS-SQL Table I want to communicate with- is that possible?
I really have a hard time understanding what all those technologies are any good. Still, it is growing in popularity. Thanks for any light on that matter.
Do all those PhoneGap/Ionic/Cordova just wrap your client-side code
into an application? Is it the same as using the web-browser to get to
a URL but with only some native-like additions(Camera/File etc..).
They wrap your html, css and javascript code and provide a javascript API to use native features
Do those technologies just connect to your website that is online
using DNS? Or is the "Website" you are building does not sit on a
server but only on the local OS? Can they run that application
offline?
You should have all the html, css and javascript inside of your app, if you do it this way the app will work offline.
You can have it online too, but it won't work offline and have some problems.
Besides the native additions you get with those kind of technologies,
why bother developing with them when you can on the other hand develop
a responsive website that can also work on desktop?
If you don't need any of the native features phonegap provides, then do a responsive website, the idea of phonegap is fill the gap between the browser and the native apps, some day the browser will have access to all the native features and phonegap will die.
BTW, now phonegap have a desktop platform, so you can make it work as native app for phone and still work in the browser
Can you connect to a server-side using Ionic/Phonegap? Let's say I
have an MS-SQL Table I want to communicate with- is that possible?
Sure, you can make XHR calls to the server to get a XML, JSON, etc with the onlyne SQL database, you can do a POST too, and upload files.
I created a webpage several years ago. Back then I was using Adobe GoLive! to achieve that. But now, there is no adobe GoLive any more and I don't have a useful application for creating a web project. So what I want to achieve is: a good looking online presence for my project. I want to use the new stuff as well, like HTML5 and CSS3. I don't think that I will need beans or J2EE, because it is more about the design and not the functionality. Later on I will include the web project into my Apache server. So the question is: which tool can help me to develop a modern website, what would you advice?
Thank You
Actually I use NetBeans 8 for the following reasons:
it's very strong and containt so many features
i supports ftp
ii supports CSS3 , HTML5
iii powerful , autoComplete
it's open-Source application so it's free
it keeps the history of your files and saves all the updates so you can restore any file
situation you made before
it's easy to use.
It's a good programming tool
SECOND: I suggest using xampp instead of abache server
it actually includes abache and some other features like mysql
so it's easy to deal with it instead of dealing with many programs :)
I strongly recommend 'IUEditor'
Free license. Ownership is 2,000$, monthly license is more than 50$. But if you request startup license they offer free license.
CSS3 and HTML5 : you can use any kind of website.
Back-end support : That's only one web editor which supports backend, such as django and angularJS
Supports GIT.
I tried more than 10 web editors, but IUEditor works best.
I'm looking for a pub/sub messaging system to connect various applications I'm building, some of them will be iOS, other ones AIR/AS3 and maybe some openFrameworks.
I found out Faye and it looks like really interesting. I've found libraries to integrate it in all my apps/languages, so I'm trying it out.
Now, the problems are with the AS3 implementation. I've found this great library and it's kind of working, BUT I've some issues I can't understand. My main problem is that I can build clients, connect them to a node.js server and exchange information between them, but after a while they stop receiving information.
So I was wondering:
do anyone of you have experience with Faye and this library, and knows if this behaviour it's normal and if there's a way to prevent it? I've done some tests using some html browser clients and everything was ok, so it's definitely a flash library problem
do you know any other library to implement Faye in AS3/AIR? I was browsing a lot but I couldn't find anyone
Do you know any alternative pub/sub messaging system I could implement (easily) in as3?
Thank you
We've open sourced our implementation of AS3 Faye client recently. You can find it here.
It's been in prod for more than a year and was tested by millions of users, without issues so far. It's used in Flash Player Web and AIR Mobile applications.
Interfaces mimic JS client interfaces, so its setup is as easy as JS client setup. Plus one additional feature: multiple urls for reconnection fallbacks.
Give it a try!
I'd like to pick up a new tech for my toolbox - something for rapid prototyping of web apps. Brief requirements:
public access (not hosted on my machine) - like Google's appengine, etc
no tricky configuration necessary to build a simple web app host
DB access (small storage provided) including some kind of SQLish query language
easy front end HTML templating
ability to access as a JSON service
C# or Java,PHP or Python - or a fun new language to learn is OK
free!
An example app, very simple: render an AJAXy editable (add/delete/edit/drag) list of rich-data list items via some template language, so I can quickly mock up a UI for a client. ie. I can do most of the work client-side, but need convenient back end to handle the permanent storage. (In fact I suppose it doesn't even need HTML templating if I can directly access a DB via AJAX calls.)
I realize this is a bit vague but am wondering if anyone has recommendations. A Rails host might be best for this (but probably not free) or maybe App Engine, or some other choice I'm not aware of? I've been doing everything with heavyweight servers (ASP.NET etc) for so long that I'm just not up on the latest...
Thanks - I'll follow up on comments if this isn't clear enough :)
C# or Java,PHP or Python - or a fun new language to learn is OK
How 'bout Javascript? This place hosts server-side Javascript ticking most of your other boxes. So you can use the same language for client- and server-side stuff (which I find very handy). [Caveat: I only played with their service; seemed cool though. I use Javascript on the server-side on IIS and on Tomcat (via Rhino).]
For something bleeding edge - A new version of spring roo was released recently. With it you can create a great web app in 10 minutes. Supports GAE and GWT...
http://www.springsource.org/roo
xataface is a quick way to make a front end for a MySQL database.
It makes it easy to start an app quickly with dynamically created views and then you can change it to something very customized to your needs.
It simply needs a server service with MySQL and PHP.