[GLLUG] Best Web/Desktop Programming solution (...)

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One question I have that I forgot to put in my last response.  Why
not, instead of creating GUI clients, use the web browser to be the
front of the app?



On 4/19/05, Clay Dowling <clay at lazarusid.com> wrote:
> 
> Jason Green said:
> > At the risk of starting a major flame war, I'm going to post this
> > question just to get some outside perspectives...
> 
> Way way too late for that.
> 
> To be honest, C and C++ are ideal for this situation.  Unfortunately it
> doesn't sound like those languages are ideal for your department.
> 
> I would strongly recommend -not- choosing a single language for both
> environments.  Desktop apps are radically different from web apps.  There
> are languages that meet your RAD requirement on either platform.  I don't
> know of any languages or technology that meet it on both.
> 
> You mentioned that rapid deployment is one issue you need to contend with.
>  To that end you should consider your language in the context of what
> people will have on their desktops.  For instance, are all of the client
> machines even capable of running mono/.net?  Using perl on the desktop
> requires installing ActivePerl on the Windows clients.  Work out how
> you're going to manage the installation of both the application and the
> runtime, because that's going to be your biggest headache.
> 
> For your GUI clients you want something that can generate an easy to
> install executable.  For your web clients you want something that has
> decent speed. My own personal recommendations, informed by my own biases
> and experience: C++ with wxWidgets for GUI clients (makes future migration
> easier, integrated ODBC support) and PHP with a good templating engine for
> the web applications.
> 
> Clay Dowling
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