Practical guides for planning, building, and modernizing business web applications.
Start here if you are replacing Microsoft Access, choosing a database, building approval workflows, handling uploaded files, or planning secure applications for regulated environments.
Practical business application guides. These articles focus on real decisions: what to build, what to migrate, how to store data and files, how to secure the application, and how to avoid unnecessary manual work.
Start with one of these practical guides.
Replace Microsoft Access with a web application
Move Access tables, forms, reports, charts, and dashboards toward a modern browser-based application.
Build a HIPAA-compliant web application
Understand access control, audit trails, encryption, hosting, policies, and other HIPAA-related safeguards.
Store uploaded documents and images
Compare database, server folder, and cloud storage options for files, images, scans, and business documents.
Choose the right database for your web application
Compare SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, SQLite, and NoSQL options from a practical business-app perspective.
Build an approval workflow system
Move approvals out of email and spreadsheets into a web application with requests, reviews, status tracking, and history.
Choose the guide that matches the application you are planning or improving.