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

[Asenchi]

Java isn't open source, it is slow and it is bulkly in its LOC.  Java
was one of the first really popular OOP languages, but there are
better tools out there now.

Not to mention, that if licenses are your thing, it isn't exactly
free.  I still can't figure out why people 'bet their business' on
Java.

:)  Sorry I am feeling a bit fiesty today.

On 4/19/05, Sean O'Malley <picasso at madflower.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 19 Apr 2005, Asenchi wrote:
> 
> > 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?
> 
> Along the same lines, why would you just write it in java? then you could
> have applets and standalone applications reusing some of your codebase and
> on top of that is becomes a lot more portable especially with the netbeans
> framework and there is a ton of documentation.
> 
> I know the first thing out, is going to be speed, but I haven't found
> speed to be a problem with the new J2 interpreters, nor are they the
> memory hogs they once were. With pure java apps you also don't get a lot
> of the crappiness (incompatibility, crashing,etc) associated with the J++
> applications being sold as java but weren't cross-platform compatible.
> In fact, I have seen a number of Java apps developed for HPC solutions.
> (Blast being a big one.)
> 
> For a RAD tool, you might want to look at a tool like:
> http://www.datareps.com/products/sfj/pro/index.jsp
> If it lives up to half its billing, it is probably worth it.
> I haven't used it nor know of anyone that has so take it with a grain of
> salt.
> 
> Sean
> 
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