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Thin@ is a professional thin client solution for Clarion which transforms Clarion applications into Rich Internet Applications.
We have finally released the long-awaited 1.3 version of Thin@. You can download it here. This version features some major improvements that make Thin@ faster, more secure and more reliable than ever. Just to mention a few:
- Network transfer optimizations (up to 6x faster file downloads/uploads)
- Window screen drawing and scanning optimizations (up to 3x faster windows opening)
- NetPort service added: A new multithreaded socket service that allows tunneling a Thin@ server through a single port).
See Thin@ 1.3 release notes for a full list of version changes.
Thin@ was presented this week on a Clarion Live webinar! You can download the presentation video here. Special thanks to Arnold and John from Clarion Live!
You can also download the presentation in PowerPoint format here.
We would like to remind you that all the attendees of the last week's webinar are eligible for a free Thin@ developer license. This unique offer is valid only until the end of the month. Don't miss it!
If you were watching the presentation and you're interested in this offer email us at thin@ris.hr or use this web form.
Thin@ (Thinet) is a thin client enterprise solution for Clarion professionally designed to meet the high standards of your business needs.
Because it solves the everlasting question: Desktop application vs. internet-based application. With Thin@, you can have the best of both worlds in a single solution! This solution solves the typical side effects of client-server desktop applications.
| Thin@ thin client vs. Client-server | |
| Thin@ applications | Client-server applications |
| no database client required | database client required |
| no application code on client side | application code on client side |
| fast version refresh | slow version refresh |
| secure database | database security issues |
On the other hand, with a thin client solution your client-server Windows application does not have to suffer from any transition penalty from the client-server environment to the web environment. Client-server Windows API environment was always more suitable (more user-friendly), faster and more reliable for end-users. You don't have to lose those advantages if you decide to run your application over the Internet in a thin client solution!
No! Just install Thin@ set of templates, add them to your application, compile and deploy your application over the Internet with a small (1-2MB) client program. End users should have a complete client-server feel, as if they are using your application in a normal network environment with classic Windows API application style.
There are many reasons why. The first reason is that all those programming languages are much harder to master than Clarion, simply because most of them are general use programming languages, while Clarion is specialized in the field of business applications.
This means that an average Clarion programmer will require significantly less training to be able to write a serious business application than a Java programmer (for example).
The second reason is that Clarion is a 4GL programming language, which means that it generates much of the source code instead of the programmer.
This means that a Clarion programmer with less training will be more efficient than a PHP programmer (for example) with more training.
Taken together, we see that a Clarion programmer will do more work in less time, with less effort, and will spend less money on expensive courses.
In other words, Clarion applications beat the competition by large when we talk about development cost.
| Clarion + Thin@ vs. other web programming languages | |||
| Clarion + Thin@ | Other web technologies | ||
| Programming language | Easy | Hard to master | |
| Specialization | Business applications | General | |
| Programmer training | Less training | More training | |
| PL generation | 4GL | hand - coding | |
| Programmer efficiency | more efficient | less efficient | |
| Overall cost | $$$$$$ | $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ | |
Taken together, we see that a Clarion programmer will do more work in less time, with less effort. In other words, Clarion applications beat the competition by large when we talk about development cost.
So, why doesn't everybody use Clarion then? Because Clarion was originally not meant to be a web-based development platform. And the solution to that problem is right before your eyes!
With Clarion and Thin@, not only will you develop your web applications much easier and faster than your competition, but your applications will also be much better than most of their web applications developed in languages as PHP or ASP. Such programming languages are simply not meant to be used for developing complex business applications where thousands of users perform various tasks at the same time and they expect an application that is fast and easy to use. They do not want to wait several seconds for the whole screen to refresh after they click a button! They also want to have numerous overlapping windows active at the same time. In other words, they want their desktop applications back! Flex and Ajax are new technologies which try to accomplish that. However, although they are more fit for serious business use than the before mentioned options, both technologies still suffer from high development cost.
