Product architecture with Corona: help needed

Solar2D General Questions/Discussion
#1

Hi all, 

I’m evaluating the software architecture options for a new service that our company is going to develop.

Basically it’s a kind of social network service that will function on different devices (iOs, Android) and web. Everything will be built from scratch.

We are interested in the Corona framework - especially for what concerns the clients development - but in order to be sure about the software selection we need more information about Corona’s connectivity capabilities on the server side.

  • What are your architectural suggestion that best fits Corona capabilites? What kind of web service architecture best integrate with Corona APIs and features?

  • Do you have any hint or information about Corona’s integration with Joomla CMS that enables a straight interaction with Joomla’s resources (eg: users, calendars, etc) without the need of writing custom interface code (see JSON-XML based communications)?

Thank you in advance!

#2

n.panizzolo,

Thanks for posting. To start answering your questions:

  1. Corona is able to call any web/REST API, so I think things are pretty open here. There are examples of Corona-based apps out there that are interacting with pretty complex back-ends (see: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/throne-wars/id586974383?mt=8). But do you have specific requirements related to protocols, back-end systems, etc?

  2. We do not ship Corona with any specific libraries that directly integrate with Joomla. I personally don’t know enough about Joomla to comment on how you could do this. But if you have any info on what you would like to support there, I can try to find out for you.

David

#3

n.panizzolo,

Thanks for posting. To start answering your questions:

  1. Corona is able to call any web/REST API, so I think things are pretty open here. There are examples of Corona-based apps out there that are interacting with pretty complex back-ends (see: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/throne-wars/id586974383?mt=8). But do you have specific requirements related to protocols, back-end systems, etc?

  2. We do not ship Corona with any specific libraries that directly integrate with Joomla. I personally don’t know enough about Joomla to comment on how you could do this. But if you have any info on what you would like to support there, I can try to find out for you.

David