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Who Are Lianja?

Lianja is a software company with offices in Middleton, Massachusetts, USA and Bracknell, Berkshire, UK. Lianja are pioneers in No-Code and Low-Code software development.

What is the Lianja Mission?

The Lianja mission is to simplify and enable the development, deployment and sharing of business Apps and Data on premises, in any Cloud, on any platform and on any mobile device. In a nutshell we aim to:

• Dramatically increase developer productivity using high productivity Low-Code development tools
• Get back to the basics of building software Apps without the complexity that current software development tools have evolved into
• Make the building of Line of Business Apps (LOB) simple, straightforward, and enjoyable
• Leverage existing skillsets to minimise retraining of IT staff
• Use open industry standards and best-of-breed technologies wherever possible
• Simplify cloud deployment to enable businesses of all sizes to share Data and Apps with others in their company, business or team
• Allow developers to delegate simple changes to business end users with expert domain knowledge

What products does Lianja sell?

Lianja is a data-centric High Productivity Apps platform (hpAPaaS) for businesses of all sizes that lets them focus on developing and deploying Line of business (LOB) Apps without the need to invest in lengthy application development times and an expensive IT infrastructure.

The five pillars of Lianja are:

• Lianja App Builder
• Lianja SQL Server
• Lianja App Center
• Lianja Cloud Server
• Lianja Hosted Cloud

What Operating Systems is Lianja Cloud App Builder available for?

• Microsoft Windows (Windows 7 and above, including Windows 10 and Windows 11)
• macOS (Big Sur and above)
• Linux x64

Who are the target customers for Lianja? 

Lianja focuses on three markets.

• Developers who want to build data-centric hybrid desktop/HTML5 Apps, Cloud Apps and Mobile Apps.
• OEM/ISVs around the globe who want to provide Apps for the Desktop, Cloud and Mobile.
• Enterprise developers who need to develop and deploy Apps for the Desktop, Cloud and Mobile. 

What is Lianja Cloud?

Lianja Cloud is a serverless (nothing for you to install or maintain) high performance hosted cloud infrastructure running on Amazon AWS.

It provides:

• Load balancing providing scaleability and high performance
• VertiCl and horizontally scalable 
• Containerized/dockerized Lianja Cloud Server 
• Shared Highly Available (HA) and redundant clustered storage 
• Automatic backups

How do I develop Apps and deploy them in the Lianja Cloud?

Lianja provides extensive support for LianjaScript (Visual FoxPro compatible), Python, PHP, TypeScript and JavaScript. Each of these scripting languages is a "first class citizen" in Lianja.

What Databases does Lianja Support?

Lianja has its own 64-bit embedded high-performance database built in. Its also supports seamless data access to MSSQL, Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL or other ODBC data sources.

I think I found a bug in Lianja. What should I do?

The Developer Community Forums are the place to discuss issues, and when we determine that there is a bug we will ask you to submit a ticket. This way you can see what other developers are discussing as well. 

What are my options for support?

Lianja offers premium support, training and consulting services, including fast-track App development or migration of an existing application. Contact us for details.

I need a feature or enhancement added to Lianja. How do I request this?

The normal route is to submit an Enhancement Request (ER) as a ticket. If there is something more urgent that will help you meet your project deadline or save you a lot of time and effort Sponsored Features are what you need.

Do I need to to develop my Apps on Microsoft Windows?

No. Lianja App Builder runs on Windows, Mac and Linux. The Apps and data can be copied between each of these platforms and will run with no changes or data conversion required.

Can Lianja integrate existing web content into an App?

Yes. Existing web content can be integrated and embedded into a Lianja App using the WebView section. Lianja takes care of the security restrictions in browsers (and Mobile devices) caused by the "Same Origin Policy" restriction by proxying all web requests through the Lianja Cloud Server.

Does the Lianja Cloud handle multiple tenants?

Yes. The Lianja Cloud Server handles both load balancing and multi-tenant App and Data access. Each authenticated user belongs to a tenancy which sandboxes them into their own secure area. 

How does Lianja handle multiple UI personalities?

Lianja is unique in that each App that you build can have roles and permissions assigned to the App, each page in the App, each section in a page, and each field in a section. What this means is that one App can behave differently depending upon the user that has authenticated and is running it. For example, certain UI pages of your App can be restricted to users with a "Manager" role. These roles and permissions are assigned to the users that you setup as having access to your App. Additionally, pages and/or sections can be rendered in your App based on the type of device the user is accessing the App from. e.g. Only allow read-access to data from mobile devices. Lianja is a complete end-to-end aPaaS (Application Platform As a Service) so it includes App and User management facilities built into the App Builder.

This all sounds interesting so how much does Lianja cost?

Pricing details can be found on the Lianja Pricing page.

Do you have any further questions?

If you have any questions not covered on this FAQ then contact us and ask us, we will be pleased to help you.