Anyone using PB as the backend for Rich Internet App?

[swhite]

Hi

I am curious to know people's experience with PB in the above situation. I have only written small desktop apps with PB so far. I found it quite easy and enjoyable. Presently I am trying to decide what to use for a major project involving a Rich Internet Application. I could use ASP.net etc on Windows but I would like to be able to run on Linux and I want the stuff to be fast. There is a webserver call G-Wan which is many times faster than any other web server that I might like to use. PB could integrate quiet easily with it. However, I have no experience with PB running as a backend service handling web requests and interfacing with databases. So I was curious if anyone was doing something like this with PB. If they were using it in such a scenario I would like to know what they like, what they do not like, what you need to watch out for etc.

Thanks,
Simon

[Seymour Clufley]

I use it to handle all requests for a website. It's done via Ajax.

The program uses a CGI framework which I wrote some time ago.

I can't help with the databases, sorry.

[X]

What website?

[Seymour Clufley]

That's a good question. Unfortunately the site isn't online yet!

[codewalker]

I want the stuff to be fast.

It won't go any faster nor better than FAStream http://www.fastream.com/iqwebftpserver.php
Although you can use PB for the job it isn't really made for the web and databases. Use php instead.
Anyway, this subject about PB has already been posted before, use the search.
cw

[milan1612]

I could use ASP.net etc on Windows but I would like to be able to run on Linux and I want the stuff to be fast.

You do realise that Mono is able to run ASP.Net Websites and it can do this pretty fast?
It's pretty compatible and you can even develop your website under Windows and then
deploy it to a Linux machine.

The speed of a web application is not determined by the language,
as the major bottleneck is usually network speed not processing time...

[Joakim Christiansen]

If you are very patient you could do something in PB, but why not just use PHP and MySQL?

I recommend XAMPP for a quick and easy solution:
http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp.html

And if you're new to PHP and SQL I recommend these sites:
http://www.w3schools.com
http://www.tizag.com