Have you looked at the back-end as a service offerings such as parse.com? They have a free level.
On Sat, Mar 29, 2014 at 5:03 PM, Richard Gaskin <ambassa...@fourthworld.com>wrote: > Nakia Brewer wrote: > > > I want to learn how to use LC server scripts (try and improve my > > knowledge and progress my learning) but currently don't have access > > to a web-server. > > > > Can some offer some advice for cheap (best free) web server space > > that I could use to do some testing.. > > The best server for learning is also the cheapest: an old PC you've > retired sitting in your garage. > > If you have a computer you're not using, just about any x86 made in the > last several years will run Linux/Apache/MySQL/LiveCode Server just fine. > > All the software you need is free. > > I like Ubuntu Server myself, since the size of the community makes it very > easy to find help for. > > With a test server in your own office you have the freedom to explore > without having to worry about disrupting dozens of other users on a shared > host. > > You'll have to learn a bit more, but that's the reason you want to do this > anyway, yes? The things you'll learn will definitely be very valuable no > matter what type of hosting you later use for deployment. > > And with your own computer you can have something no hosted server can > provide: a GUI. > > On older machines Lubuntu runs very well. I use it on my development > server, along with Apache, ownCloud, and other goodies. > > I've learned a lot in the process, and it's paid off well with the sites I > host on publicly-accessible servers. > > -- > Richard Gaskin > Fourth World > LiveCode training and consulting: http://www.fourthworld.com > Webzine for LiveCode developers: http://www.LiveCodeJournal.com > Follow me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/FourthWorldSys > > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
