Dear Kaarel,
Kaarel schrieb:
Sorry if it is a bit off topic but we are in the middle of deciding whether to use GTK for our next product or implement it entirely in HTML.
In theory you are welcome to ask even such slightly-off-topic questions here -- but: What kind of comparison is this, Gtk vs. HTML? You are not only comparing apples and oranges but rather apples and salad dressings!
HTML refers purely to the presentation layer, whereas you will also need layers for data storage, computation, and session management, to name a few. How are you going to do this when you say "HTML"? You have to add some more buzzwords here, you know... otherwise there simply is no "comparison".
The product is an accounting software. It should run on multiple platforms, it should be easy to use SQL server in the local machine and in the remote server, it should be easy to use the product *securely* remotely over internet, it should be easy to view and print all sorts of graphs and reports and so on.
So, can someone give some pros and cons of using a standalone toolkit like GTK to develop an accounting software instead of using (X)(D)HTML?
Again: GTK refers to the presentation layer, too, but it also implies a programming language that is suitable for the other layers mentioned above. HTML doesn't tell anything about those. You have to throw in more technology to tell how you are providing the rest of your application when the presentation is in HTML. Some example buzzwords, purely random: Java, Javabeans, Tomcat, python, PHP, Apache, Active-X, MySQL, Oracle, C++, perl, Microsoft Access, Qt, Gtk+, wxWidgets. :-))))
Christian
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