I like the idea!
I guess he could use Swing for the GUI.
A while ago, I was pushing for s standalone version of CF that could be
licensed and distributed (on a CD) along with your standalone app.
This would be one way of accomplishing that objective.
There are several things that such a system could be used for:
1) Selling standalone desktop apps
2) Distributing standalone demos of web apps
3) Kiosk apps that run (mostly) standalone and sometimes connect to
headquarters (upload orders, etc).
However, why not use a browser for the GUI (or at least have it as an
option):
1) the browser is the most ubiquitous UI
2) Apache is a very good open-source web server (little overhead,
small footprint)
3) wouldn't need 2 versions/GUIs for each app, web and standalone
4) Several OSes come with Apache already installed and operational
(Linux, Mac OS X)
5) the standalone app would be available/integrate with the local
network
6) the standalone app could inetgrate/interface with the web
7) the desktop app could be the user component/interface to an online
app furnished by an ASP.
This is one of those ideas, that if it ever gets implemented, would
find a multitude of uses --
"If you build it, they will come"
Dick
On Tuesday, January 14, 2003, at 02:59 PM, Joshua Miller wrote:
> So basically you're using CFML syntax to write Java applications, cool.
>
> What about UI components - forms, controls, windows, etc. CFML doesn't
> contain features for dealing with these types of things ... Would you
> still use HTML to render pages or how exactly would you handle the UI ?
>
> Curious, if you're proposing desktop applications written in CF/HTML
> I'll be standing in line for the release!!!
>
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