Database updates

All this time, the AppSnap database was being managed as an .INI file in SVN. That worked fine for starting out but it is not scalable or community friendly whatsoever. After fiddling with some PHP and MySQL for a few days, I stumbled upon the fantastic Zoho Creator. After a couple hours on Zoho, I had a fully functional system ready to go. Kudos to Zoho for their excellent system.

The AppSnap database has now officially moved to Zoho. Clicking on the Applications tab now displays the database directly from Zoho. You can also add applications which will get reviewed and integrated once verified by the database maintainers.

Database updates are synced directly from Zoho but require a translation from Zoho’s JSON format to the AppSnap .INI format. This is currently being done using PHP. Eventually, AppSnap will be able to handle the JSON format directly.

Now that the database is more accessible, I look forward to even more application contributions that will make AppSnap more useful and user friendly.