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1. Pilot Takes Less Time
Pilot is an architecture of easy, snap-together functionality modules
built on a fast, solid core. That means you can wire functional web
features together in hours instead of days, and produced polished
e-commerce applications in days instead of months. That means a time
savings and a money savings. Pilot isn't an
'authoring environment' or a web-scripting language. Pilot is a smooth,
polished web toolkit built by web developers for web developers.
Instead of hand-coding yet another bulletin board or shopping cart,
drop in a flexible Pilot module, then customize it to your heart's
content, knowing that the core functionality is well in hand. You spend
less time on routine wiring, and more on making your website or web
application special. Because Pilot magic happens server-side, you don't
need to worry about renovating your website or your project for every
new web-browser, either.
2. Pilot Runs on Your Existing Stuff
Pilot doesn't require exotic web server hardware or software. It
doesn't even require new software to be installed on your web server.
In fact, the majority of web servers on the Internet today can already
run Pilot applications, as is, without modification. Pilot runs in
almost any Unix, Linux, or Unix-like operating system. And because
Pilot's innovation happens at the next level (between the web server
and the user) which means you're not married to any particular ISP,
either.
3. Pilot Keeps your Work Organized
With Pilot, you don't have to dig into code in order to change how your
pages look, and you don't need to use a graphic design program to change
how your data is presented. Pilot keeps form, data and function separate.
The look of your pages and applications is all template-based, so you
don't have to go near programming code to change how something looks.
To edit the data of your pages, you don't need to worry about 'breaking'
the look or the layout of your pages. In addition to greatly helping
your personal organization, this is also an ideal scenario for a
workgroup: your designers can work on Pilot templates (which are nice,
XHTML-friendly wrappers), your data-monkeys can tinker with parameters
and program logic, and your marketing and administrative staff can
focus on content without needing to be designers or programmers. This
means a team of people can work on a single project without stepping
on each other's toes all the time.
4. Pilot is Fast, Fast Binary Code
Pilot isn't a thrown-together collection of PHP scripts or Perl frameworks.
It's not a graduate student's thesis project. It's not an open source
experiment from a college dorm room. It's a collection of carefully integrated,
binary application programs; real software, just like your favorite office suite.
The fact that Pilot programs are binary applications also means that they run
much faster than interpreted, scripted code, and they don't rely on a delicate
lattice of interrelated scripts, modules and last minute hacks. Pilot software
is real software, and if your project is important, you should probably consider
using real software.
5. Pilot is Compatible with Everything
Pilot does an awful lot on its own (see our Pilot Gallery for
examples), but you can also take it further with ease. If you have
existing expertise in XML, XHTML, Javascript, Flash, or any other
common Web technology, the odds are good that you'll enjoy integrating
it with your Pilot project. Pilot was built to handle any common Web
data format: it can be easily extended, polished and tweaked with your
preferred scripting or programming language.
6. Pilot is Portable
Because Pilot runs on industry standard web server hardware and
software (see Reason Number Two), you can truly take it with you. If
you're upgrading your server, changing ISPs, or switching hosting
providers, you can take your Pilot applications and Pilot-powered
website with you. It's just like taking your favorite word processor
with you when you buy a new computer. Install your website on its new
server, and it'll work right away. Some "Content Management Systems"
and web application providers lock you into hosting your website with
them forever. With Pilot, you're always in control.
7. Pilot is Built to Last
With Pilot, your project isn't a guinea pig: thousands of websites have
already been built using the same technologies, which means you're sure
of a professional level of quality. Unlike a custom programming
project, Pilot applications have already been through thousands of
hours of development time and hundreds of thousands of hours of
testing, quality assurance, and real-world use. Instead of risking your
company or your website on something that's never actually been used
before, you can make a safer choice. Pilot is a solid, low-risk, known
quantity, so you'll be focusing on making your website great and your
e-business strong, rather than worrying about whether that shopping
cart or message board really works. Your Pilot applications will just
keep working, day after day.
8. Pilot Has Powerful Security
Pilot was built for Content Management, which means it has strong
security and administrative functionality built in at its very core.
All Pilot applications use encrypted communications channels to talk to
each other, and special administrative features require a secure login.
Pilot's Commander database module can even read and write specially
encrypted records, so you can build (or use) powerful, private
databases safe from prying eyes.
9. Pilot Doesn't Weaken Your Website
Some websites run on content management systems that trumpet their own
names so loudly, you start to wonder who's really in charge of the
website. In addition to looking just-plain cheap, this kind of software
also makes it easy for hackers to figure out how to attack your
website. With Pilot, there's no need to show off anything you don't
want to show off. Your pages and URLs can have simple, clear names that
don't have to reveal the software behind your site, and you certainly
don't need to advertise our software on YOUR website!
10. Pilot Comes with Strong Support
Pilot was developed over 10 years at one of Canada's biggest and most
decorated web firms, which means that it's backed by a team of expert
software designers, programmers, developers and support staff. If you
ever have a problem with Pilot, and you can't find the answer in the
manuals, the online documentation, the developer databases or the Pilot
community forums, you can always call us for help. No matter what the
problem is, or what you're trying to get Pilot to do, we've probably
seen it before, and we'd be glad to help you out!
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Intrinsix Pilot is a robust web application toolset for
rapidly building content management systems, and intelligent
e-business systems.
