[dba-Tech] Looking for a web based app that does these things

[Jim Lawrence]

Hi All:

As we are discussing web applications and having to create them, it appears that it may be a great opportunity for any who are fully astute in modern web design.

A decade ago, before consideration of multiple platforms (PC, tablets and smartphones), mobility, collaboration, data collection/statistics/analysis and of course security, was someone else's problem, website design was relatively simple and straight-forward. Apparently, that has all changed...according to the ongoing trends. 

Ten years ago, I remember negotiating to upgrade the website for one of the local municipalities. The figures of the contract were around 30 to 40K, non-negotiable. Today, another company has just announced that they have a contract. to the same municipality, also for a complete upgrade. Mind you their contract is more inline with demands of current web technology. The contract value, first set of modules negotiated is $242K and obviously more to follow. A lot of major companies are paying millions to web design developer companies. Take one of our local phone and ISP companies for example, Telus: http://www.telus.com (Millions were and are being spent to keep their sites current and absolutely secure.) 

I believe this is really is the new Royal-Jelly for any bright developers out there...great opportunities and IMHO, this trend will last a good twenty years...and probably many more.          

Jim

----- Original Message -----
From: "Gustav Brock" <gustav at cactus.dk>
To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" <dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com>
Sent: Monday, September 5, 2016 11:39:05 AM
Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Looking for a web based app that does these things

Hi Shamil

So it is totally a corporate thing. Oh well.

No, I didn't realise such app is "just a bunch" of json files. Interesting.

/gustav
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Fra: dba-Tech <dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com> på vegne af Salakhetdinov Shamil <mcp2004 at mail.ru>
Sendt: 4. september 2016 17:19:27
Til: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
Emne: Re: [dba-Tech]  Looking for a web based app that does these things

Hi Gustav --

I was wrong with my supposition. It looks like public access to PowerApps isn't planned at all and is contradicting the main purpose/audience of PowerApps. Here is the video:  http://tinyurl.com/z9lyp2p   ('Why Power Apps? with Bill Staples").

BTW, have you tried to investigate what a PowerApp file is? - it' a zip file with a set of PowerApp meta-files:

Entities.json
Header.json
MacroTable.json
Properties.json
PublishInfo.json
Themes.json
-- Shamil

>Saturday, September  3, 2016 3:58 PM +03:00 from Gustav Brock <gustav at cactus.dk>:
>
>Hi Shamil
>
>Yes, it is more or less another approach to "visual programming". I do recall ObjectVision which was very close to this concept, though I never found a serious use for it.
>
>Why do you think the missing public access to PowerApps is a temporary limitation? I haven't seen any note on this. But if removed, it will certainly raise the value of these apps.
>
>/gustav
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