I think your dead on with the HTML5 direction. On Oct 29, 11:05 am, Robert Casto <[email protected]> wrote: > I think all customers are worried about their data. The question is how good > would they be at protecting it. The answer to that is simple. They don't > know anything about the data, how to protect it, but are very reliant on it. > The fact that I can target iPad, iPhone, Palm, Android, and other devices > and platforms is not lost on me. It is easier to get browser technology to > work everywhere than it is Java at present. Apple updates its browser > frequently, but Java doesn't get updated there much. > > For my purposes I think HTML5/CSS/JavaScript is the winner and that is the > direction I have been heading. I'm a Java developer though so all server > side stuff is in that language. I've been working with Groovy and love it. > I'll be doing that on the server side more and more. I'm not convinced of > Grails though having worked with JQuery and calling services to get data. > That appeals to me more than trying to use a Java framework to create the > user interface. > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 12:49 AM, Lachlan <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Oct 29, 8:03 am, Robert Casto <[email protected]> wrote: > > > At the risk of starting another flame attractor, what would use suggest > > to > > > use for the desktop? > > > > I have the need to build an application for doing some ecommerce work. > > Lots > > > of network interaction, but it needs database and reports. > > > I would recommend HTML5 unless you suspect it's not up to providing > > the features you need. Doesn't sound like that will be an issue for > > you. It'll also give you iPad and Android tablet support with very > > little work. > > > UI issues aside, this is very much a cloud vs "traditional" question. > > The best answer to that probably depends on your customers. Is there > > sensitive data that customers want to keep under their own control? > > Are your customers happy to secure and backup their data, or would > > they rather delegate that to you? Do they want access to the app > > everywhere? > > > Lachlan. > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "The Java Posse" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]<javaposse%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups > > .com> > > . > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. > > -- > Robert Castowww.robertcasto.com
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