Valence Portal is Free

[richard.milone]

Since the release of Valence 2.1 a few weeks ago I've talked with many new developers who have said they were surprised to find that the Valence framework includes a really robust portal that controls login, session control, navigation and user access. They are even more surprised to find that the Valence Portal is totally free.

Based on this feedback it's clear that we're not talking up the Valence Portal enough in our advertising and web materials, so we'll be adjusting that in the coming weeks. Many developers are also a bit confused as to whether or not they need a Community or Professional Developer license to deploy the portal to end users.

The Community vs Professional Developer licensing rules apply only to applications that you develop with Valence. Since the Valence Portal is an included part of the framework you can use its functionality without charge or the need to share code. For example, if you have some web programs developed in another tool and some other links that you want to use through the Valence portal you can set those up and deploy to end users without the need to share code or upgrade to the Professional Developer license. However, you still need to follow the licensing rules for any applications that you create with Valence and deploy within the portal.

Feel free to post comments and questions regarding this and I'll be glad to answer.

[rkanemeier]

I've already mentioned it at systeminetwork.

[thomprl]

Where are users posting their code that are using the free edition? Is it available? I would like to see some more real world examples submitted by users.

[rkanemeier]

Feel free to click on my name and look at almost any of my posts. I should have code in almost every single one of them. As soon as we start deploying production apps, I will be a little more diligent and formal about posting code. However, I do have the same question. Where exactly do we post open source code?

[rkanemeier]

Something else of importance on the topic of posting code. The company I work for is non-profit. I worked with Sencha to get licenses for our ExtJS code.

[richard.milone]

From the main forums page there is a specific forum marked "Valence Community Contributions." So far, all developers deploying applications to end users have elected to upgrade to a Professional License to keep their code private so as of now there's nothing in there. But you're welcome to be the first. Just make sure you post anything that gets deployed live, including front and back end code and specs for any database files used. If you're not sure exactly what to post, just email it to support@cnxcorp.com and mark it as a Valence Community Contribution and we'll look it over and post it for you, or come back with questions.