A web app runs in a browser; that's the main difference. LC Create makes
web apps.
It occurred to me that you will need to deal with race conditions, whether
the app is a web app or a standalone that reads a stack from a server. A
race condition is when more than one person is using the app at the same
time. One person saves changes and it is uploaded to the server. If another
person is using the app simultaneously and then saves their own changes, it
will overwrite the first person's changes. To deal with that you'll need to
set some sort of flag that the standalone checks before sending changes to
the server. Usually the flag is just a plain text file. If the flag is set
to true, the app needs to wait until the flag is false before redownloading
the changed stack, applying the second user's changes, and then uploading
the revised stack to the server again.
I've never had to deal with that since all my own work has been static and
the working stack has always been read-only (mostly educational materials.)
I remember that Andre was very cautious about race conditions and posted
his technique on the mailing list some years ago but unfortunately I didn't
save it.
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Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com
HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com
On August 7, 2025 4:12:28 PM Craig Newman via use-livecode
<use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:
All.
Do the words “Web App” have any relevance to this issue? I barely know what
that means.
But most of my potential users are likely IOS, so this little project may
not ever come to pass. A pity, I love writing small apps.
Craig
On Aug 7, 2025, at 5:03 PM, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
<use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:
I don't think you need your own domain for the web site, you just need a
permanent location for the required documents. It could be a subdomain of
another website. For example, Klaus, you could create subdomain on your
site that points to the client's documents.
--
Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com
HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com
On August 7, 2025 8:47:20 AM Klaus major-k via use-livecode
<use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:
Hi friends,
my customer is about to finish his app (with my help :-).
Some questions, where I am not sure, since I always met these requirements
in question.
Does the developer need an own website:
For Android?
For iOS?
Does the APP itself need a website:
For Android?
For iOS?
I know that one definitivley needs a page to show the privacy policy for
the app.
Thanks for any hint!
Best
Klaus
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Klaus Major
https://www.major-k.de
https://www.major-k.de/bass
kl...@major-k.de
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