No deployment: just live and accessible applications There are no deployment issues with clearString – ever. All data applications and web apps are built using live web services, but in a controlled environment. Tight permission controls mean that you say who can see your new development, but you are working on a live application or site from the get-go. clearString manages your database, user permissions and SaaS delivery and it also provides your hosting environment. This means that there is no FTPing and no file transfer when your application goes live. Whether it is an Internet service or an Intranet application clearString is already there. clearString ships with its own internal database, and for most web application development that is the best solution. You can import data from existing data sources, and you can perform lookups on external live data stores. The way clearString manages the data, however, enables one of its most powerful aspects of application development: flexibility. The ability to manipulate and change the table structure after the application is completed and in use has multiple benefits. Initial web app development is greatly speeded up, as the knowledge that changes can be made to the table fundamentals disinhibits developers in an Agile environment. Similarly, new users with little experience of web or data project development and none of coding or database manipulation can create without risking losing hours of development time because of the need to change a field type or introduce a complete change to a table. The internal management of data also means that web applications created with clearString codeless development software can last forever. It is easy to adapt apps to changes in circumstances as businesses and organizations grow, and new demands are made on the system. clearString is designed for the full life-cycle of your application. As the situation changes it is straightforward to adapt and modify the data structures to suit. This can mean substantial cost savings over the life-time of a service or application, as there is minimal losses due to rework. As the clearString development system is codeless at the point of use, it also ensures that applications developed by one person can be easily picked up by another clearString developer and maintained, and also extended, in the future. That means that systems and apps created by long departed developers can continue to grow and be used efficiently, long after standard custom coded solutions would have had to be abandoned because the code was no longer maintainable. www.clearString.com |