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For background information regarding the Erbix project we recommend prior reading of the Introduction section.
What is a browser-based account?
As opposed to storing files and data on your local machine, Erbix stores the application's code and data in a data center. You don't have to install any tools or worry about upgrades.
What are the advantages?
Having your files on the web allows us to do the work traditionally performed by the "IT guy": security, uptime, backups and upgrades. You can remain focused on the app development.
In what ways can one access his account's files?
Erbix offers a web-based IDE that provides online access to the account files. Alternatively we offer offline access methods by providing upload / download of directories via .tar.gz or .zip archives. Therefore code developed in offline, traditional editors can be moved in the online Erbix account, or the other way around: from the online IDE into the local computer storage.
What does Erbix offer in addition to web-based storage?
Erbix offers a comprehensive development environment including an SQL console, a JavaScript console, a sites configuration tab and the corresponding hosting infrastructure so that you can deploy and host your application online and get feedback immediately on your code changes.
Can I store only source code files in my Erbix account?
We allow the storage of any file type; in addition we offer programmatically access to such files using Javascript server-side extensions, so you can upload images or PDF files in the account and then programmatically serve them to your web-app users.
How are directories handled?
Erbix doesn't support empty directories. A directory is automatically created when a file, with a path including such directory, is created. When all files in a directory are deleted, the corresponding directory disappears as well.
