Converting CHUI to WEB APP

[Cecil]

I have been given two months to convert our current legacy CHUI application into a Web App.

Now I don't want to spend time writing a framework so I was trying to use the latest FFW code from FreeFrameWork.org website. But it looks like the website no longer exists. So is there another framework for WebSpeed I could use.

Also I don't want to use PS:ESCRIPT.

 

[Casper]

I could sent you a copy of ffw 1.2
I don't know what is (or was, so it seems) the latest version.

Maybe you could also try to contact geoff crawford who was in the board of the ffw project. He might be able to help you.

Apart from ps:Escript I don't know of any other framework for webspeed.

Casper

 

[agnaldo.macedo]

Try Flex.

It is much more interesting than just using HTML / Ajax.​

Examples:

http://starweb-software.no-ip.info:8000/ex010/​

http://starweb-software.no-ip.info:8000/ex020/​

http://starweb-software.no-ip.info:8000/ex030/​

http://starweb-software.no-ip.info:8000/ex040/​

​

 

[parul]

Just out of curiosity:

Why no PS:Escript??

-Parul.

 

[agnaldo.macedo]

See

http://www.proaxima.com/escript.shtml

 

[agnaldo.macedo]

And ... PS:Escript why?
​

 

[agnaldo.macedo]

Who works with Flex there as an alternative to HTML, and even as an alternative to GUI 4GL

 

[Cecil]

There is something about PS:EScript I just don't like and I can't put my finger on it.

Over a year ago I met one of the original developers of PS:Escript. It was originally written for "Holiday Autos" in the UK. She (Can't remember her name) never imagined that it was going to be so successful in it undertaking into other WebSpeed websites.

Anyway she was never happy about how the original code (before it became PS:EScript) was written because of her time restraints on the project. She always wanted to change and improve so many things about it, but Progress Software was to busy singing and dancing about Dynamics and the Project never got it's full development resource it needed.

Progress is now pushing PS:Escript, but after speaking to the original developer I know it could be a such a better product. For example automatic conversion of a Progress Window (.w) into HTML with the required JavaScript code library and this was all before AJAX became a buzz word. Until then I'll wait and see.

On the plus side I friend of mine is using PS:Escript on a Live production website and he reckons the performance has increased by 3X compare to the original WebSpeed written website.

 

[Cecil]

Also it does not mater how many times I install PS:Escript on my development server I am unable to get it to work. Also I went to a presentation in OZ once and again it did not work then. So I have never seen it in action.

 

[webguy]

Ahh my friends if you know web development do not underestimate the power of browser based apps. Flex is basically flash which means you have to know some actionscript. Silverlight is basically Microsofts answer to flex. But with all that, you can still match much of that functionality easily with something like webspeed and some good ol js libaries like jquery or extjs.

extjs
http://extjs.com/products/extjs/

my fav library jquery
http://www.jquery.com

and for those of you afraid to tread the new waters this is a good explanation of jquery
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/library/x-ajaxjquery.html