Hi Greg,
Can you afford to wait for http://webassembly.org too get to production
ready???That may make client side programming bearable again???Not sure about
the time scale though...But I am expecting good things soon...I am not on the
inside with any special knowledge (Sorry).
Sent from my phone Regards Greg #2 Harris
-------- Original message --------From: kirsten greed <[email protected]>
Date: 17/11/17 12:13 (GMT+10:00) To: ozDotNet <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Creating a browser-based product
Hi Greg
Perhaps checkout DevExtremeKirstenhttps://js.devexpress.com/
https://www.devexpress.com/Support/Webinars/details.xml?id=devextreme-asp-net-core-2
On Fri, Nov 17, 2017 at 10:13 AM, Craig van Nieuwkerk <[email protected]> wrote:
If you backend services are well established and you could easily put a WebAPI
over them, then it makes sense to do a SPA and mainly Javascript front end.
If it is an enterprisey type app then it is hard to go past Angular,
Pluralsight is your friend to learn. I would also talk to ssw.com.au, they have
some good courses that will get you running in the right direction quickly.
Craig
On Fri, Nov 17, 2017 at 9:14 AM, Greg Keogh <[email protected]> wrote:
Folks, we have a serious decision to make about the future directions of our 10
year old Silverlight product that is in wide use in some big companies. I told
the boss I'd poll this forum for advice, so I'd really appreciate serious
comments from people in-the-know.
The large companies using the Silverlight product are now locking down
security, so Internet Explorer is being banned and Edge adopted, which means
Silverlight is out (some employees are already being forced to use the product
from home). Our product is available as Xamarin authored tablet and phone apps
for three platforms, but they won't even allow our apps on their company
devices.
So for the first time we are forced to produce a "browser based" version of our
product, which apparently is acceptable to their security policies and audits.
Here are some issues swirling in my head:The backend services to drive the
product are established.The UIs of other product versions are explorer
(master-detail) style, so it would be nice to maintain that feel in the
browser.We have to display data in Excel-like tables and a variety of charts
(the richer and more interactive the better).Should we use server-side ASP.NET
Web Forms or MVC to drive it?Should it be browser-side SPA? (you know I hate JS
everything, so there is personal resistance there).Could server-side and
browser-side be combined to produce a better hybrid experience? Are there
things to help you do that?There are development platforms such as GTK and many
others I guess that I'm not familiar with. Are they viable?Other issues I'm
forgetting?
I'm personally familiar with ASP.NET Web Forms and MVC, but not with quality
JS, layout or styling. Perhaps I could write a black-and-white skeleton of the
working product and then give it to someone to style and script (I have done
that once before).
So in summary (I know this is a very broad question) ... if you were in my
position, how would you proceed to produce a browser based version of a product?
Cheers,
Greg K
