As I said earlier I hope to commercialise this application, therefore I need to make it multi-tenanted.  That's pretty easy.  Firstly I created an organisations table - simple for now - just an ID and a name.  The record IDs are automatically created and are given a sub-type of "automatic identifier" - this means every … Continue reading Designing the Database →

I plan to host the application on Amazon Web Services (AWS).  I had some experience in setting up a WebDev application on AWS a few years ago and I thought the servers and all the other utilities and services offered by AWS were fantastic.  Also a basic server was free for a year - so … Continue reading Choosing the Database →

Firstly the choice of using WebDev - well that was pretty easy - the main reason is it's the only platform I know!  Well, apart from Clarion, but I want to build a web application and I don't think using Nettalk is an ideal solution. The reasons I like WebDev: The modern IDE and all … Continue reading Why WebDev →

I have 30 years (on and off) experience in developing database applications using Clarion (softvelocity.com).  I have built several very successful software businesses using Clarion.  Over the past few years I have dabbled in WebDev (pcsoft.com).  WebDev seems to be a natural successor for Clarion developers who want to build applications for the web. I … Continue reading Introduction →