Re: iPhone Rich UI

[Joe Pluta <joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Aaron Bartell wrote:
> > But let me explain the basics: it takes four lines of code in the client to
> >     
> invoke a web service (any web service) and get the result to a handler, and
> another line of code to parse the XML into a record.
>
> Does it do "any web service" or "any web service based on a WSDL".
Any web service.  The WSDL is used primarily for testing and 
documentation purposes in a distributed development environment.  AFAIK 
you don't need it during deployment.

Also, EGL goes beyond SOAP.  While the invokeSOAP method invokes a SOAP 
web service using all of the appropriate mechanics, the invokeREST 
method is a lightweight REST invocation - it only needs one line of 
code.  Again, the beauty of a 4GL: as new protocols are designed, they 
can be added to the language and your application code doesn't have to 
change.

Joe