Downloadable Web App Version
The main goal for this weekend is to try out a new version of the MOOVPAD Web App, based on Blazor WASM Standalone. We've already seen the MOOVPAD Desktop App working with the new webAPI (screenshot to the left). The new version of the MOOVPAD Web App can be seen running alongside the online-only version in the main screenshot below (the new version is on the right side).
Although these two versions look similar on the surface, the new Blazor WASM Standalone version being tested has a couple of advantages:
- It can be downloaded by users and run from their own computer, meaning it will load and run faster while retaining the functionality of linking to online resources;
- The other advantage, and the main reason I'm trying it out, is that there may be the option of including a local SQLite database with the downloaded app, so that users can store more data locally than the limited online-only version will allow.
This second advantage would mean that general users who choose to continue using the free version of the app can store more of their MOOVs, chats, and so on. The MOOVPAD Web App will still have some limits when compared to the paid desktop and mobile versions, which will have many more training and assessment options built-in. However at least with this new version, if all goes well, users of the free MOOVPAD app will not be limited with how much data they can store. It still remains to be seen if this actually works, but I'm hopeful this will improve the app further 🙂
Stay awesome,
EMH
HOW MOOVPAD IS BEING BUILT
For the overview of how MOOVPAD apps are being developed, the reasoning behind particular decisions during development, policies, and more in relation to all the technical things, please see the link to the left.
This will be an ongoing work in progress, and will always be linked to the bottom of each upcoming Blog post.