>>>Hi,
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>>>This blog post might interest you:
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>>>Challenges of developing a Web Application
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>>Thanks for posting this article, it is a very interesting read.
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>>I have a special case: A client needs a relatively simple system to register information. There are of course a few details involved, but there is no real complex calculation or business requirement. However the system needs to grow in size by adding more modules and possibilities.
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>>What is important is, that there must be some user interfaces available as browser based UI, but the administration and reporting can be done with a classic Client/Server Desktop app. There are no special requirements in regards to which developing technologies to use.
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>>So my thought was to do a kind of hybrid application, using our VFP framework for the database administration and security setup etc, and to develop the front end UI interfaces in HTML/JavaScript etc. So I am thinking, since the core application is VFP, it would make sense to use FoxInCloud to create the Webbrowser presentation. As I understand it, I could use VFP to create those interfaces and FoxInCloud gives me the possibility to create the HTML pages?
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>>My question now is: is this a sensible way, or should FoxInCloud only be used for already existing VFP applications?
>>My second question would be, can I use one VFP application and then port only some of the forms to the FoxInCloud app? Or do I need to separate the code already in advance.
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>Many ways to do this.
>Here's how I do it.
>Write the cloud app in PHP/MySQL (It's free. Nothing is easy to learn, but after a few weeks I was doing some pretty good PHP/MySQL applications).
>I synchronize the vfp data with the MySQL data as needed
>I do the desktop programming in .NET/ VFP.
>I do the web programming in PHP/MySQL.
>As time passes, i find that most of the new programming moves to PHP.
>Lots of other ways- and they work- but this works for the clients and for me.


Thanks, I haven't thought about PHP for the web programming, but I would not have any problems using the MySQL database from my VFP desktop app.
Are there any PHP tools you would recommend?