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
Why WebDev
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
Introduction
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
Adding Suffix (st, nd, rd, th) to Numbers
We are often spoiled by the number of functions that are built into the WL language. This is especially true with it comes to date and time manipulation. I have never worked with an environment that has so many built in functions for dealing with dates. So it came as a bit of a shock … Continue reading Adding Suffix (st, nd, rd, th) to Numbers
ANNOUNCING WXPERTS LEARNWORLDS TRAINING SITE
We have started putting together training video's and courses for the PcSoft Product lines.... Below is a link to an introduction version of the express... would like some feedback ... wxPerts Intro to Express Training Video we have 5 more to publish and will be starting to add more each month... Feedback would be great … Continue reading ANNOUNCING WXPERTS LEARNWORLDS TRAINING SITE
Internal Procedures
A feature I don't see used very often in WX is internal procedures. Let's take a minute to look at all the levels that procedure can be declare in WX. Global procedures are global to the entire application and are declared as part of a global procedure set. Local Procedures are declared at the window/page … Continue reading Internal Procedures
Small Things = Big Productivity
One of my presentations at Devcon was "Small Things = Big Productivity". We tend to make fun of the "92# New features" each year, but in reality there are always 10 - 15 major new features, that easily justifies the cost of the upgrade. What sometimes gets lost in the shuffle is all the smaller … Continue reading Small Things = Big Productivity
