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Dear Antonio,

I am currently testing the Mod Harbour installation and have documented all the steps.

I would like to encourage more FiveWin users to start using Mod Harbour. The installation process is quite straightforward, and I will also share the PowerShell files that configure the firewall settings.

Ruth will then demonstrate how to install SSL certificates, including purchasing them, and how to buy a domain and link it to your own server.

Our goal is to install as few components as possible – no XAMPP, no SQL (if you do not work with SQL), only the Mod Harbour module.

I noticed that the Mod Harbour download.zip includes a libharbour.dll file (6,816,768 bytes, dated 02.09.2023 at 21:51) which does not work on my system. However, when I replace it with another libharbour.dll file (6,816,768 bytes, dated 22.01.2024 at 08:51), everything works fine.

Could you please test this and let me know your findings?

Thank you.

Best regards,
Otto

Master Otto, this is very interesting for those who don't use SQL.

Maestro Otto, esto es muy interesante para quienes no usan SQL.

Regards, saludos.

Hallo João,

DBF support on the web is something unique and native that mod harbour offers. This is the key selling point.

When we talk about mod harbour, we should mention SQL only as an option for those who absolutely want SQL. DBF with mod harbour works much better than in the desktop network versions.

You can compare it to a single-user system. Data and programs are on one machine, and the requests are only made by one user, the server.

DBF is the main argument for mod harbour!

Best regards,
Otto

Very good master Otto. I just don't like the name MOD HARBOUR. In Portuguese, it sounds weird. hahahaha. Just kidding (laughs).

Muy buen maestro Otto. Simplemente no me gusta el nombre MOD HARBOUR. En portugués suena raro. jajajaja. Es broma (risas).

Gracias, tks.

Regards, saludos.

Dear João,
Antonio probably just used it as a working name, and now it has stuck.
You are right, it is not a good marketing name.
But the fact is, it is the abbreviation for an Apache module harbour.

Best regards,
Otto

Dear Antonio,

Would you be so kind as to check this file?

I noticed that the Mod Harbour download.zip includes a libharbour.dll file (6,816,768 bytes, dated 02.09.2023 at 21:51) which does not work on my system. However, when I replace it with another libharbour.dll file (6,816,768 bytes, dated 22.01.2024 at 08:51), everything works fine.

Thank you and best regards,
Otto

Otto:

Thanks a lot.

Regards

Otto,
Thanks for this .

I think SQL is also good and faster and more powerfull than DBF .

Here in belgium, if you say that you work with DBF and not SQL, people think you are someone of the past .

Try SQL and you will never go back to DBF .

Have a good day,

Philippe

Hello Philippe,

I have used SQL for years and am very familiar with it.

But for the type of application I am making, DBF is simply more suitable.

I think it is not important what you use - the application is what matters.
I mean, you can use SQL, it's not a problem - except that you have another SERVER running on the web.

We have been using RDP for years and all programs are run via RDP. And now with mod harbour, you have the same situation. It is like a single-user system.
I repeat here once again: It is like a single-user system!

But the debate over SQL or DBF is completely uninteresting, just like what others say. The only thing that matters is that your application is unique.


I think telling potential users that they have to use SQL to start with mod_harbour is inappropriate. It's just too much new information at once!



Best regards,
Otto

Philippe, watch how quickly the status of things changes:

Here are some fixed numbers for you.
Can you please update the statistics for Stack Overflow? How much have traffic and contributions decreased since the release of ChatGPT?

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Since the introduction of ChatGPT in November 2022, Stack Overflow has seen a significant decline in both traffic and contributions. The average monthly traffic decrease since January 2022 has been about 6%, with a 13.9% drop in March 2023 (Meta Stack Exchange) (DEVCLASS). These declines are largely due to the increasing use of AI-powered tools like ChatGPT and GitHub CoPilot, which allow developers to get support directly in their editors (DEVCLASS).

The activity of new questions and answers has also decreased. Between November 2022 and December 2022, there was an 11% drop in undeleted questions, indicating a shift in user preferences towards AI tools (Meta Stack Exchange). In May 2023, Stack Overflow had about 5.6 million visitors per day and 3.5 thousand questions per day, while these numbers were 7.4 million visitors and 5.5 thousand questions per day in June 2022 (DEVCLASS).

These trends suggest that many developers now use ChatGPT and similar tools to quickly get answers to their programming questions, leading to a decline in the traditional use of forums like Stack Overflow.

Congratulations Mr Otto is truly a nice curtain, systematically still with these messages on this forum as if to force "necessarily" to use what most do not use, I remember them Mr Otto that Antonio Linares has created a dedicated session for this type of argument, we should use that session to be more correct.

Felicitaciones, el Sr. Otto es realmente una buena cortina, sistemáticamente con estos mensajes en este foro como para forzar "necesariamente" a usar lo que la mayoría no usa, les recuerdo al Sr. Otto que Antonio Linares ha creado una sesión dedicada para este tipo de argumento , deberíamos usar esa sesión para ser más correctos.

click here https://forums.fivetechsupport.com/viewforum.php?f=45&sid=b1de4b4cbc229086ea92e43e6fe47939

Otto wrote:Hello Philippe,

I have used SQL for years and am very familiar with it.

But for the type of application I am making, DBF is simply more suitable.

I think it is not important what you use - the application is what matters.
I mean, you can use SQL, it's not a problem - except that you have another SERVER running on the web.

We have been using RDP for years and all programs are run via RDP. And now with mod harbour, you have the same situation. It is like a single-user system.
I repeat here once again: It is like a single-user system!

But the debate over SQL or DBF is completely uninteresting, just like what others say. The only thing that matters is that your application is unique.


I think telling potential users that they have to use SQL to start with mod_harbour is inappropriate. It's just too much new information at once!



Best regards,
Otto

I agree with you except for one thing: DBF is much more powerful than SQL. SQL, that is a technology much older than DBF, has been made for security, not for power. Effectively, engine's authors are forced to continually modify the language to add more power and this has led to a plethora of incompatible SQL dialects. Very bad situation to me.

My version of mod_harbour integrates TMySQL, TSQLLite, LibXL, TPDF, and JWT.

Dear Wen,

ssbbs wrote:My version of mod_harbour integrates TMySQL, TSQLLite, LibXL, TPDF, and JWT.

Would you be so kind to provide it ? Do you keep it on a github repo ?

many thanks

First steps with mod harbour:


https://mybergland.com/fwforum/part1.mp4