# What do you use Ignition for? **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [June 20, 2012, 11:09pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/what-do-you-use-ignition-for/4675 "2012-06-20T23:09:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Robert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e95f7d/32.png) [@Robert](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Robert)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2012, 11:09pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/what-do-you-use-ignition-for/4675/1 "2012-06-20T23:09:30Z")
We recently had a customer request a web client for one of our 3-tier applications. This was a problem for us because we don’t have web expertise in house. Then someone (ok it was me) said Ignition has this applet mode. It has all the primitives (windows, trees, buttons, text fields, etc) the HTML does. It has a web server. Why don’t we use it? So we did. Ignition for web development. How cool is that? ---
**Author:** ![Kevin.Herron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kevin.herron/32/7259_2.png) [@Kevin.Herron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin.Herron)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2012, 11:18pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/what-do-you-use-ignition-for/4675/2 "2012-06-20T23:18:35Z")
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**Author:** ![tailfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5a626/32.png) [@tailfire](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/tailfire)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2012, 3:33am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/what-do-you-use-ignition-for/4675/3 "2012-06-21T03:33:46Z")
Yeah, I would love to see screenshots. Examples are inspiring. I just recently looked into getting the book “high performance HMI handbook” from Amazon as mentioned in the webinar and weezers it was 95$. I did find a few pages out of it on a Rockwell doc and it was inspiring, Breaking allot of paradigms about user psychology. Reminds me allot of the web design classes I took in college where we studied how humans read and perceive information. ---
**Author:** ![Kyle\_Chase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de0a6/32.png) [@Kyle\_Chase](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kyle_Chase)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2012, 6:20am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/what-do-you-use-ignition-for/4675/4 "2012-06-21T06:20:16Z")
Tailfire, that book is worth its weight in gold. We follow it as best we can and it has helped out quite a bit. The Alarm Management Handbook from PAS is also good, although it is a duller read. ---
**Author:** ![greg.simpson](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/greg.simpson/32/3135_2.png) [@greg.simpson](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/greg.simpson)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2012, 3:07pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/what-do-you-use-ignition-for/4675/5 "2012-06-21T15:07:51Z")
PASs High Performance HMI is an excellent read. Carl had me read it and I couldn’t put it down. (sorry for being off topic) ---
**Author:** ![Robert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e95f7d/32.png) [@Robert](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Robert)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2012, 3:23pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/what-do-you-use-ignition-for/4675/6 "2012-06-21T15:23:17Z")
I’d love to post screen shots but it’s still in development (and not by me or my team). I’ll try and get permission. HMI Handbook looks really good. Nice to hear recommendations from those that have read it. I’ve already blown the book budget for this month so it will have to wait. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Colby.Clegg](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/colby.clegg/32/3282_2.png) [@Colby.Clegg](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Colby.Clegg)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2012, 6:10pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/what-do-you-use-ignition-for/4675/7 "2012-06-21T18:10:00Z")
Maybe they’ll lower their price now that they’ve sold more than the 3 copies expected when it was first written? ---
**Author:** ![Colby.Clegg](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/colby.clegg/32/3282_2.png) [@Colby.Clegg](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Colby.Clegg)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2012, 6:11pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/what-do-you-use-ignition-for/4675/8 "2012-06-21T18:11:52Z")
Oh, back on subject… we use Ignition in house for our CRM system. There are some tough spots (email integration, for one), but overall, it makes sense- Ignition is probably one of the best Database RAD tools around. ---
**Author:** ![Robert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e95f7d/32.png) [@Robert](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Robert)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2012, 7:30pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/what-do-you-use-ignition-for/4675/9 "2012-06-21T19:30:50Z")
Should probably include this employee tracker app here as well. [KSBCaseStudy.pdf](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/uploads/short-url/kkCCi9qBEZk6crMMZKv5HcQQjeC.pdf) (364.4 KB) ---
**Author:** ![Robert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e95f7d/32.png) [@Robert](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Robert)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2012, 7:33pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/what-do-you-use-ignition-for/4675/10 "2012-06-21T19:33:44Z")
> [@Kevin.Herron](#): > > 😢 I'm sorry Kevin, I thought "thinking out of the box" would make you guys happy. ---
**Author:** ![Kevin.Herron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kevin.herron/32/7259_2.png) [@Kevin.Herron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin.Herron)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2012, 7:49pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/what-do-you-use-ignition-for/4675/11 "2012-06-21T19:49:57Z")
Haha, it does. 🙂 It’s mostly just applets that make me sad. ---
**Author:** ![cbabb](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/cbabb/32/49029_2.png) [@cbabb](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/cbabb)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2012, 9:06pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/what-do-you-use-ignition-for/4675/12 "2012-06-21T21:06:36Z")
> [@Robert](#): > > Should probably include [this](http://files.inductiveautomation.com/casestudies/KSBCaseStudy.pdf) employee tracker app here as well. this is a brilliant use for Ignition... Love it...