jglosz

Hi.. I'd like to create a niche-ecommerce platform, like ebay but between very specific customers for the web, for starters. It would need access to a large DB (so, using AWS or Azure) and I'd love to create a Delphi FMX app to be hosted on a standard Windows (or Linux?) host which would present dynamic pages to the user (based on their search terms).. and then they can choose and then order/buy something.. My questions: 1. Is using Delphi overkill in your opinion? I'm very comfortable with Delphi, but is the hassle of getting an application hosted on a web host too difficult? Looks to me like some hosts (like GoDaddy) don't allow such things. So would just something web-native like Javascript be a better choice? 2. If a web-hosted Delphi application is workable, would you have a particular host recommendation? Is there one you like? 3. And of course, a phone app (both Android and iOS) .. I created a simple iOS app once, about 10 years ago, and even got it in the Apple store, but man were there a LOT of hoops to jump through. I haven't revisited the iOS side of Delphi since, but I hope it's gotten easier, lol! Thank you for any advice you may have! [heart emoji here] Joseph

Yes, a trading platform that's accessed via a regular web URL is kind of what I need. I'd like to do something like eBay, except with very specific business logic for this particular area, so I'd really prefer to develop it in Delphi since I am pretty good with that. And then that Delphi "app" would be hosted on a web host like GoDaddy or such. GoDaddy seems very clunky though, as it seems to want to force you into specific paradigms. I need a "naked" web host to which I can FTP or otherwise upload complete HTML pages (or an app like the Delphi app I am considering building which would push dynamic pages to the client) .. I once created, from scratch, a complex shopping cart entirely in Javascript, and I supposed that or Python or such is the standard way to go here. However, I want to do this myself, and I don't know Python, and Javascript is painful (to me) and I love Delphi - its just phenomenally powerful - so I wouldn't mind shoehorning this into a Delphi application that serves up dynamic web pages on the internet to users, based on their input search criteria. There would also have to be a database.. could be local on the web server, initially as least. Then, ported to AWS or Azure, possibly. So, I would also like any recommendations for a web host as well. Long ago, I used a really good one called "Infinity" I believe, but they went out of business. Anyway, that's about it... I sincerely thank you and welcome any input you and anyone may have. 🙂

Thank you for the details... it would be a public website, but it has to be dynamic content, meaning people or companies will upload something, and then that something will be available to others. Every shopping cart I've ever seen just has static sites.