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Razetime replying to Pax

if it's both, then better to put it on server side.

Pax

Posting here may be appropriate since it will affect some existing questions here and also clarifies what this community's scope is.

Pax

I would post a community proposal if necessary. If so, should I put a Meta post here or on /meta?

Pax

Since we're in the discussion of scopes here, I wonder if a "javascript / Node.js" community would be good to start. We can then move the mongodb / nodejs / github action questions here that are js-related but not applicable as client-side.

Pax

I did wonder if one has a question about an API one can post in both client and server communities, although that seems like contrived just for the sake of having a question asked. Anyhoo, I figured out my problem, it is just a matter of sharing what I know now here if there's a place for it. :D

Pax replying to Razetime

That's what I figured so I decided not to ask.

Razetime replying to Pax

APIs are used on client and server-side. Depends on the context you're using the API in.

Jack Douglas

not sure, but maybe?

Pax

Is it appropriate to ask questions about APIs here? (e.g. Facebook API?)

samcarter

^^^ That looks exactly like the stuff my late cat used to write while sleeping on the keyboard :)

samcarter replying to Jack Douglas

Thanks! Now let's see if anyone here understands my noob question :)

Jack Douglas replying to samcarter

I think so, very niche though!

samcarter

Hello to this community! Are questions about  bookmarklets on-topic here?

James Douglas replying to anoldmaninthesea

There are ways of downloading and saving Flash content for later use, if you're interested

anoldmaninthesea replying to James Douglas

My ignorance on some technological topics abounds...  Thanks James ;)

James Douglas

As for existing flash content, it will be unplayable from web browsers, even old browser versions I believe.

James Douglas replying to anoldmaninthesea

I think there are various alternatives; for example, online games can be done with HTML5 Canvas and JavaScript.

anoldmaninthesea

Hello all, it seems that Adobe Flash is going to be ‘discontinued’ at the end of December. What will happen to everything? Is there a substitute?

kus

and now I notice there is a web server dev :/

kus replying to Jack Douglas

I was trying to avoid posting a question until I understood my problem better but I doubt spinning my wheels is going to help so I've asked the question as is. Please take a look https://topanswers.xyz/web?q=1456

Jack Douglas replying to kus

that looks fine as a proper question if you don't mind posting it?

kus

i have a question about date time and javascript. Time now: 1603135441086. Start time: 1603134802048. Time elapsed: 0.17751083333333334 hours.   
in my code, I have const start_time = Date.now(); and then I have another Date.now() inside a function. I'm trying to stop puppeteer if the thing takes more than five and a half hours. any ideas? the whole code is at https://github.com/scrapeaction/techmeme2/blob/master/puppeteer.js

Pax

I don't use rxjs or angular but it sounds like you're wanting Server-Sent Events. It might help if you use the keywords "sse" or "server-sent events" when you search.

kus replying to David

I am scared of asking a question that isn't quite focused because I don't know what I don't know. Maybe this is the best we can do? I know this isn't stack overflow but still

David replying to kus

Hi! Wouldn't it be better to [ask your question](https://topanswers.xyz/question?community=web), as a "real" question? I think that would generate more focussed, informed, and helpful discussion than simply testing the waters in this more general "chat" area.

kus

I used interval and subscribe from stack overflow answer for now...  :) but I'd love to hear from you guys

kus

Hi, does httpclient/rxjs/angular have some way to say do this get request every n seconds? Or better yet, what would be a good way to update a page that displays some text that it gets from json from a cms? I mean how would I know that the blog post has been updated without checking, right? and instead of asking "hey do you have anything new for me?" might as well ask "give me everything"? I mean I guess in the real world, I'd ask do you have something new for me but I'd still have to ask every so often, right? I mean the fancy way of doing things might be like a "heartbeat" where I send a "heart beat" to the server to say "Hey, I'm alive" and the server says "ok but I don't have anything new for you" or "oh hey, I have this new stuff for you"  but at the end of the day I have to keep asking? or is there a fancy way to avoid this?  
Proof of concept: https://myreactivematerial.web.app/

Jack Douglas replying to David

Thanks for reporting that @David, we've fixed the regression

David

@Jack Hiya - in posting that question, I had an odd thing happen. I filled it in, selected a tag, clicked "submit", and got this error message: `ERROR: invalid question CONTEXT: PL/pgSQL function _error(integer,text) line 1 at RAISE SQL function "_new_tag" statement 2 SQL function "new" statement 7`. Fortunately when I hit "back" on the browser (FF, MacOS), the input was still intact. I left off the tag, hit "submit", and it went fine. I then added "html" after it was posted. Thought you would want to know!

निरंजन replying to Jack Douglas

No problem. I have asked a question. Thanks :)

Jack Douglas

https://topanswers.xyz/webserver

Jack Douglas

would help if I made it public — that's done now too!

Jack Douglas

sorry it's a bit bare in there right now, no theming yet

Jack Douglas replying to निरंजन

yes please

निरंजन replying to Jack Douglas

Sure, I'll mention my specific needs. I need to put up the question on the webserver.ta, right?

Jack Douglas replying to निरंजन

outside of TA I'm not sure — maybe softwarerecs.stackexchange.com

Jack Douglas

afaik that's Magento's bread and butter

Jack Douglas

It might be worth mentioning whether you need a 'shopping basket' kind of thing as well as payments gateway

Jack Douglas

please use the 'Recommendation' post type when asking

Jack Douglas replying to निरंजन

OK, here you go: https://topanswers.xyz/webserver

निरंजन

Does anybody know such a community?

निरंजन replying to Jack Douglas

You mean a post type? Please do it if possible. I need recommendations regarding this.

Jack Douglas replying to David

@David  that's the spirit, thanks!

Jack Douglas replying to निरंजन

the ideal place to ask would be on a 'Web Server' community, as a 'Recomendation' type of question — I'm happy to create those if you want to ask the question?

निरंजन

Thanks for the link :)

निरंजन replying to Jack Douglas

I'll read about it, but is asking questions regarding development of a website on-topic? Is it supposed to happen here or on the php ta?

David replying to Jack Douglas

I might ask (and answer!) it anyway, as it took a little scratching to find.

Jack Douglas

@@@ wikipedia a3d554251ca071354eada1d056534db9a6a4a2545d16799ba025fbd1fb1e186f VnH "Magento" "Magento is an open-source e-commerce platform written in PHP. It uses multiple other PHP frameworks such as Laminas and Symfony. Magento source code is distributed under Open Software License (OSL) v3.0, an Open Source Initiative (OSI)-approved licen…"

Jack Douglas replying to निरंजन

not sure if this will fit the bill, but have you heard of Magento?

निरंजन

My knowledge regarding web is zero. I am currently working on a project which will require a payment gateway for some payments on the web & web designers are charging me insane amount of money for the same. Before proceeding I thought it's a good idea to see if it is too tough to build a website with payment gateways. My core requirements are -

* Having a webpage which is dynamic. (I must be able to change it at any point of time.)
* It must have a secure payment gateway.
* I shall be able to upload at least image files and pdf files on it.

If at all discussion regarding this is on-topic on this site please let me know, I'll post this as a question. I am ready to learn some web-programming for the development of that webpage if it is not too difficult, but the crucial requirement is its security and less learning curve.