Upcoming Miletus cross platform support
What’s coming in TMS WEB Core 1.8
Starting from TMS WEB Core 1.8 you’ll be able to select the MacOS and Linux target. This will mean that you can create MacOS and Linux applications on Windows without an additional connection to the target systems! After the proper setup, you’ll only need to copy your created application to the operating system of your choice. Keep in mind that for distribution it’s recommended to sign your application and that can only be done on the target operating systems.
Why choose Miletus?
- No NodeJS dependency
- Smaller executable sizes
- Less deployed files
- More broad local database support
You can take full advantage of web technologies combined with native operating system level operations:
There’s a lot of native functionality exposed already. Access to the local file system, operating system menus and notifications, drag and drop functionality, global shortcuts just to name a few. We are always looking to extend the native support based on your feedback!
You don’t necessarily need a DB backend running, you can easily connect to a local DB file or a cloud DB service just like in a VCL or FMX application! For cross platform targets, the following databases will be supported: SQLite, MSSQL, PostgreSQL, mySQL. This if of course only the beginning, we already have plans to expand the supported DB list!
The power of HTML5 and CSS3 is at your disposal. There are a huge amount of libraries and templates available for web applications that you can not only reuse in your Miletus application but with their help you can also create visually more pleasing user interfaces!
And did you know? It’s easy to migrate your existing TMS WEB Core application to Miletus. Watch this hands-on video from our colleague Dr. Holger Flick, who explains the process in detail:
But that’s not the only long-term goal: based on the feedback we got, we’ll also look to add more DB support!
As mentioned earlier, we have full control over this technology which means we can extend the palette of components and functionalities without depending on 3rd party solutions while maintaining the advantages listed above. We are eager to learn what you’d like to see in future versions!
