Deploying

Differences between AppStudio and AppStudioEDU

• In these sessions, we have been using the full version of AppStudio.
• In the classroom, the students will be using AppStudioEDU.
• AppStudioEDU has the following restrictions:

1. Cannot deploy to other than the Ministry's servers.
2. Cannot compile apps with PhoneGap
3. Cannot create Chrome Desktop Apps.
4. Commercial apps cannot be produced.

• As part of this training, everyone here gets the full version.
• Students and and teachers will be able to buy the full version for half price.

Servers

• In these sessions, we have been using the nsbasic.com server.
• The students will be using the Ministry's servers.
• These servers need to be able to process http requests to run apps.
• They also need to support ftp so apps can be uploaded to them.
• Files that end in .appcache need to be served with mime type text/manifest.
• To test this, use http://web-sniffer.net/.
• Servers can be Apache or Microsoft IIS.

PHP

• PHP is a server side programming language
• When a web app talks to a server, the program on the server is most often PHP.
• There is increasing interest in JavaScript as a replacement.
• Not all servers have PHP installed or enabled.