[Wish] B4PHP

[LWGShane]

@Erel
Even though creating web apps in B4J is awesome, I would love to see a solution that enables development for PHP-based apps.

Since PHP apps are PHP files, I would recommend B4PHP be like B4R. (Using Open Source libraries, etc)

 

[KMatle]

You can call php scripts very easy with httputils. If you need a local php & MySql installation just install XAMPP.

 

[LWGShane]

You can call php scripts very easy with httputils. If you need a local php & MySql installation just install XAMPP.

I know you can call PHP scripts from B4X, but I'm talking about actually having a IDE that compiles B4X code into PHP.

 

[Douglas Farias]

i m here thinking about make websites with de designer, %x and %Y
and use b4x to code, check fields, make texts, images etc

 

[Erel]

The main strength of PHP is the many libraries and frameworks that are based on PHP. PHP by itself is not very interesting (as B4J already offers a powerful server implementation).

Adding support for the popular PHP libraries is not really feasible.

If we are talking about web solutions then a client side (JavaScript) implementation can be more relevant.

 

[susu]

I learnt HTML and PHP before Basic and I can tell you PHP is quite easy. Of course, to be a master of any language you need to spend much time and effort.

 

[LWGShane]

If we are talking about web solutions then a client side (JavaScript) implementation can be more relevant.

I wouldn't mind JavaScript. What about using TypeScript as the framework? (Thus "B4TS"?)

The thing I find awesome about JavaScript is that it can be ran anywhere without the need to install any dependencies.

 

[Erel]

What about using TypeScript as the framework?

Maybe.

 

[narek adonts]

B4JS is a WONDERFUL idea !!!

 

[LWGShane]

B4JS is a WONDERFUL idea !!!

I like B4TS (Basic 4 TypeScript) better
B4JS is too confusing since there is already B4J.

But 100% agreed. Awesome Syntax + Web Apps w/ No Dependencies = Awesome.