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robert morea
7,599 PointsHow to Post to Server/Website
So...I have completed quite a bit of coursework now, especially the whole "Basic Android." There is a pretty good coverage of pulling data from the web but what if I want to store data on a remote server. Is there a course that covers posting data?
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Ash Scott
435 PointsNot sure about a course, but it all depends on what you want to store. You could write your app so that it stores user information on a remote MySQL server, and uploads files, such as user profile images to another remote server, as part of a CDN. It's all down to requirements in the end. The ways you post data will differ depending on the types of data, the frequency, the size of the data and the budget for the project. External servers to hold data will cost money to rent, and time to setup and maintain :)
For your Androi project you could start with a simple VPS and scale up as required, although you'll need Linux knowledge to configure the server for performance, security, and whatever services it needs (HTTP, MySQL, FTP etc).
GL! Ash
robert morea
7,599 Pointsrobert morea
7,599 PointsYes, exactly. Like a msySQL or even noSQL or even VPS ... just a toy app for now, small enough to not cost any/much storage or maintenance. But that is the idea. I would like to see an example of such a thing from treehouse if they have one.