DESKTOP DEVELOPMENT
Yesterday I did have some extra time and I spent that examining Filemakers new web pages. They have launched new release version 11.
Of course I did in my mind compare Alphas and Filemakers way to do things.
Filemaker believes 100 % to desktop applications. Their idea is bring the desktop application to web if you like. Few clicks and your table, database, data is in web. They have a dedicated server solution to this. And to use the data in server you have to have a desktop license. So they are targeting to desktop also this way.
But if you wish, you can build as complex web solution as you like through the PHP API they are offering to Filemaker 11 web development. But they are clearly focusing to the idea to use web through filemakers desktop version.
In Alpha we have clearly two different development roads. Desktop and Web. They are totally two different stories.In Filemarket that is also the situation. You have use PHP API if you want to make a pure web application in Filemaker 11.
In Filemaker they really believe to the Desktop. And as an extra bonus you can but Desktop to web without any extra coding if you like. So you can offer a hybrid to your customers easily.
In Alpha Desktop we can clearly see that Alphas development is 100% in Web side. Alpha should very carefully think is this one way road they are now decided to go a dead end to the Desktop Development with Alpha.
Ken
(Las Vegas desktop where?)
Yesterday I did have some extra time and I spent that examining Filemakers new web pages. They have launched new release version 11.
Of course I did in my mind compare Alphas and Filemakers way to do things.
Filemaker believes 100 % to desktop applications. Their idea is bring the desktop application to web if you like. Few clicks and your table, database, data is in web. They have a dedicated server solution to this. And to use the data in server you have to have a desktop license. So they are targeting to desktop also this way.
But if you wish, you can build as complex web solution as you like through the PHP API they are offering to Filemaker 11 web development. But they are clearly focusing to the idea to use web through filemakers desktop version.
In Alpha we have clearly two different development roads. Desktop and Web. They are totally two different stories.In Filemarket that is also the situation. You have use PHP API if you want to make a pure web application in Filemaker 11.
In Filemaker they really believe to the Desktop. And as an extra bonus you can but Desktop to web without any extra coding if you like. So you can offer a hybrid to your customers easily.
In Alpha Desktop we can clearly see that Alphas development is 100% in Web side. Alpha should very carefully think is this one way road they are now decided to go a dead end to the Desktop Development with Alpha.
Ken
(Las Vegas desktop where?)
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