My 2¢ is that you should start with simple server side rendered html (i.e, use the 4D Transformation Tags in templates sent with WEB SEND FILE($t_responseToSend)). Don't worry about using front-end technology until you need it (and, you really only need it (and REST APIs) if some other system (an phone app, another web app) needs access to your data.
I use Web Send File so that my file storage isn't 'revealed' by my urls. I.e. 'main/account/user_profile' doesn't necessarily map to my web folder template layout. On Wed, Oct 20, 2021 at 10:17 AM Jody Bevan via 4D_Tech < 4d_tech@lists.4d.com> wrote: > I have asked a similar question over on the FORUM, and got two responses. > I know more people than two have developed web pages and 4D applications > working together. > > I really need to get into designing both. > > - The advantage I have is that I am starting from scratch with web > development and 4D and the web. The 4D database linked over the web that I > personally developed with HTML back in the early 90s are way out of date. I > want to learn the new way of working, because that will future proof my > skills, and the sites/Applications I develop. > > - The disadvantage I have is that I am starting from scratch. > > OK, having said that what tools do you recommend (and why)? There are so > many web development tools, and so many web developers that want to gobble > up the Database application behind it all (thus my work) as they ‘can do it > all’. > > - I have seen talk about Angular, AngularJS, React ( Frameworks - correct). > - There are new tools in 4D since back in the early 90s obviously. > - Yes, REST is important, but what does that mean. > > A white paper from 4D on 4D v19 and the web and working together would be > very nice to have. > > The web sites I developed way back then, everything was in 4D. I wrote all > the static HTML and stored, and sent it out from 4D. That was then, but > from what I understand now things can work better as the WebServer itself > can interpret the JavaScript to execute code there - thus being faster. Of > course scalability is important to. No use using a tool that cannot scale. > I remember the first time I installed at a site with 150 concurrent users, > and a 20 x 300 foot chart room that would be put into our system along with > all new data. That scared me, but 4D 2004 did it. > > Any comments, thoughts, warnings, or drop by and say hello are all > appreciated. > > Thanks > > Jody Bevan > > ********************************************************************** 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) New Forum: https://discuss.4D.com Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html Options: https://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech Unsub: mailto:4d_tech-unsubscr...@lists.4d.com **********************************************************************
