[AccessD] HTML5 mobile-friendly web sites vs. native

Hi Arthur:

Your new development course sounds very exciting...keep us posted.
I would be interested in seeing one of your completed projects.

Jim

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[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Arthur Fuller
Sent: Friday, September 21, 2012 2:55 AM
To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
Subject: Re: [AccessD] HTML5 mobile-friendly web sites vs. native

Jim,

I agree with your take on the splitting market, although perhaps not the
assigned percentages; but that point is moot. You do, however, explain
quite well why I've decided to invest my time in Alpha Five v11: from that
single platform, you can target the desktop and the web (including pure
web, smart phones and tablets). The programming language, XBasic, is
similar to VBA, but on steroids (it supports true object-orientation, among
other things).

Arthur

On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 12:49 AM, Jim Lawrence <accessd at shaw.ca> wrote:

> Yes and no, Mark.
>
> There are risks but they can be more of a calculated risk. The computer
> market is in the process of splitting. A huge portion of the market is
> moving to Web based applications but there is still going to be a need for
> PCs. It is just no longer true that your best course of action are
> necessarily PCs anymore.
>
> I personally think that a programmer has to be versed in a lot of
> disciplines now. No longer just PC coding but web coding and web server
> setup...and that webserver setup is going to be as much, if more
Linux/Unix
> based, than Windows based. Cloud mostly means just a remote server that
you
> don't own. The big push right now is all web but that will level off in a
> few years. I think the market will end up being 40 to 60 split...60 being
> web (split between tablet and Smartphone).
>
> This makes the web your best bet as the results will be used on every type
> of computer.
>
> Jim
>
>
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