APL Jobs: Are we all hobbyists? : APL

J. Clarke wrote:
> > What about APL webapplications?
> > Are they easy simple and cheap or complex?
>
> The real question is whether there are tools available for APL that make
> creating web apps simple and are those tools superior to the tools for
> other languages such as Java, also are there decent interfaces between the
> APL web app and back end programs such as database managers?

I agree that it would be good to have good tools to create web
applications directly from APL

I have played a bit with J sockets

They have decent examples of servers and clients using Sockets as well
as labs

It is fun to use the socket interface to talk to web servers and web
browsers using the commands available

I have used Socket - not port 80 - to create real life application but
a general use server or browser I have not made - yet

I have an application now I am adding Socket interface to and I am
thinking about using browsers as clients to it as well as my own
clients

"J. Clarke" <jclarke.usenet@snet.net.invalid> wrote in
news:dkstl4112d8@news1.newsguy.com:

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> The real question is whether there are tools available for APL that
> make creating web apps simple and are those tools superior to the
> tools for other languages such as Java, also are there decent
> interfaces between the APL web app and back end programs such as
> database managers?

I have had a demo webserver running off my machine for the last few years.
I think I have the implementation side down. It's the "what to show" that
seems to be the intractible part. My philosophy has been: give me an idea
and I can put it on the web.

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Randy Macdonald wrote:

> I have had a demo webserver running off my machine for the last few years.

do you have an address to this server?

It's on my email .sig, which I've copied here. Suggestions welcome as
always.

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"Björn Helgason" <gosinn@gmail.com> wrote in
news:1132151256.311927.228170@g49g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com:

>
> Randy Macdonald wrote:
>
>> I have had a demo webserver running off my machine for the last few
>> years.
>
> do you have an address to this server?
>
>

Randy Macdonald wrote:
> It's on my email .sig, which I've copied here. Suggestions welcome as
> always.

First impression:

It looks good

This is the first webserver I know for sure to be stated to be written
totally in APL

Great!

Thanks!

What APL are you using?

> This is the first webserver I know for sure to be stated to be
> written totally in APL.

I think this just indicates that you're not fully informed.

APL2 includes an HTTP server written entirely in APL.

I believe APL2000's dialect also supports a web server.

David Liebtag

That may well be but I have seen several times questions about APL web
servers and noone has ever presented a web page to look at as far as i
have ever seen

It would be good to be able to say that to people who ask:
- it is possible
- there is at least one out there
- there are many?
- They are using APL dialect so and so

I have so far only seen one page and I do not even know what APL was
used

Up to now I have seen peopke saying good web servers are missing

Now you are seing there is one available in APL2
Is it being used?
Are people happy with it?

I would very much like to be able to tell people use APL for your web
servers - and clients for that matter


David Liebtag wrote:
> > This is the first webserver I know for sure to be stated to be
> > written totally in APL.
>
> I think this just indicates that you're not fully informed.
>
> APL2 includes an HTTP server written entirely in APL.
>
> I believe APL2000's dialect also supports a web server.
>
> David Liebtag

I am only aware of uses of the APL2 web server for intranet applications.
So, you can't get to them. Sorry.

I've asked the APL2000 people to post news about uses of their server.

David Liebtag

A while back I heard that www.openhere.com relies on APL: more accurate
information from APL2000.

Doing search on APL on this page finds a lot of interesting APL
references