[Resolved] Use Corona for business apps and licensing?

Getting Started Newbie Questions
#1

Hi everyone,

I am new to Corona SDK. Downloading the trial version and planning to buy the pro version.

I have few questions:-

a) I have 5 people in my team. Should I get 5 pro licenses? 5 x $359? Sounds a bit overkilled for a start. Can I share the same pro license? I don’t need everyone to access the daily builds.

any help to clarify on this one?

b) I look at few options to developer on mac os x lion. There’s textmate & corona bundled, corona project manager, corana complete and corana cider? the corana cider looks promising? which is better option?

c) I read the forums and many said the lacking of tools to build business apps. Other than corona sdk and the editor, is there any other tools which I can use to assist me to develop better for business apps?

d) With corona, can i access the camera, bar code, facebook and twitter api? Can I also access 3rd party api like open source openerp, alfresco applications? Is there to make this work?

Any help? Thanks. [import]uid: 146091 topic_id: 25716 reply_id: 325716[/import]

#2

Hey Eric,

A) For the license each Pro sub actually lets you use Corona on two computers, so you could probably get by with 3 or even 2 if money is a concern.

B) This comes down to personal preference. CPM, CoronaComplete and Cider are all awesome and I have used them all, though personally I normally stick with TextMate and Corona - no special reason, it is just closer to what I’m used to.

C) I’m not sure what kind of tools you are looking for; the code and the SDK are really all you need. I haven’t seen anything in the way of third party tools to assist with this though, no.

D) Camera yes, Barcode no, Facebook yes, Twitter you can post tweets but I believe we may need to do some updating for full functionality - I have to check on that. (Not my department.)

Peach :slight_smile: [import]uid: 52491 topic_id: 25716 reply_id: 103980[/import]

#3

Thanks Peach.

a) so if you use textmate and corona, is there any debugging feature?

b) no barcode. How about qr code scanning? can both be done in someway? hmm?

c) keep me updated on the facebook and twitter integrations if possible.

d) i noticed appcelerator titanium seems to have more complete functionalities to build business apps. Just wonder what is the corona community stand on this? or corona is meant for games specific purposes. Hmm? [import]uid: 146091 topic_id: 25716 reply_id: 103988[/import]

#4

Hey again Eric,

A) No, TextMate isn’t an IDE so if that is what you are interested in you may be better off with CPM, Cider or CoronaComplete. (I am incredibly OCD so this doesn’t normally present an issue for me ;))

B) Not at this time but I would encourage you to post in the Feature Request sub forum.

C) I can try to do this but no promises; feel free to pester us for info if you need it, though. (As I said Facebook is fine already, Twitter I’ll find out about next week when I’m in the office - I think we may need to update some stuff but am not 100% sure yet as it isn’t my area.)

D) Many wonderful business apps have been built with Corona. Most developers make games, that’s true and it has led some people into thinking that it is all Corona is good for but really, that isn’t the case. There’s apps to invoice clients, open garage doors, a flight tracker, calculators, journal type apps and a friend of mine is working on a very nice combined social networking app.

Hope this helps!

Peach :slight_smile: [import]uid: 52491 topic_id: 25716 reply_id: 104153[/import]

#5

Thanks Peach.

2 more questions before I purchase Corona.

a) Regarding the bar code/QR code, can I use corona to integrate with 3rd party SDK or API like below?

http://code.google.com/p/zxing/
http://www.bardecode.com/en/products/200-barcode-reader-sdk-for-the-iphone.html

I need to find way to integrate bar code/qr code scanning, as this is needed within my application itself.

Any guide or corona api to do things like that?

b) Is there any way for corona to integrate to 3rd party open source application?

example, asterisks unified communication

http://code.google.com/p/asterisk-php-api/
http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/view/Asterisk+manager+Examples

example, openerp
http://doc.openerp.com/v6.0/developer/6_22_XML-RPC_web_services/index.html

Any help? Thanks.
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#6

Hey again Eric,

At this stage no, you cannot integrate that, or use native code extensions - though if you look at other threads it is something we are looking at closely.

As I said previous at this time there is no API for doing what you wish to with barcode scanning, however you might consider posting abotu it in Feature Requests sub forum.

Peach :slight_smile: [import]uid: 52491 topic_id: 25716 reply_id: 104599[/import]

#7

Thanks peach, sigh i thought i could integrate at least with asterisk api though :frowning: [import]uid: 146091 topic_id: 25716 reply_id: 104647[/import]

#8

You might be able to do something like this.

Upload captured image to website
website reads barcode
website passes back barcode

javascript demo http://tobeytailor.s3.amazonaws.com/get_barcode_from_image/index.html
thats also opensource: https://gist.github.com/421369

It should be possible. I can’t provide much more info than that. It would require a php script for sure, uploading the image to your site, getting the php script to execute the java code then returning data.

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#9

so if i use a php to return a data, corona can receive it?

mind to share how to do that in corona? any docs or tutorials?

i need to make sure this can be done, before i purchase corona license.

thanks in advance :slight_smile: [import]uid: 146091 topic_id: 25716 reply_id: 104681[/import]

#10

I don’t have any specific links to this, but here is one example: http://developer.anscamobile.com/code/upload-binary-corona-php-script

I’m sure if you posted your questions as they come up (passing back data etc) folks here who have dabbled with it will be able to assit :slight_smile: [import]uid: 84637 topic_id: 25716 reply_id: 104682[/import]

#11

Thanks so much :slight_smile: that’s a good start :slight_smile: [import]uid: 146091 topic_id: 25716 reply_id: 104686[/import]

#12

Very good point from Danny, had not considered this.

Am going to mark as resolved but please do let us know how you get on :slight_smile: [import]uid: 52491 topic_id: 25716 reply_id: 104814[/import]

#13

I assume I can use this same approach if I am doing a game that will update the stats back to the website. Am I right? So from the website I can list the top players of the week. [import]uid: 146091 topic_id: 25716 reply_id: 104830[/import]

#14

Not really linked to what you have asked but for developing business apps, these widgets look excellent -

http://developer.anscamobile.com/forum/2012/05/05/new-candy-lib-widget-candy-corona

Dave [import]uid: 117617 topic_id: 25716 reply_id: 105488[/import]

#15

You can use Pic2Shop to get barcodes … It is super easy to implement … It also offers QR code scanning! [import]uid: 10280 topic_id: 25716 reply_id: 131990[/import]

#16

You can use Pic2Shop to get barcodes … It is super easy to implement … It also offers QR code scanning! [import]uid: 10280 topic_id: 25716 reply_id: 131990[/import]