Sounds right to me. Good assessment.
On 1/15/2016 11:29 AM, Anthony Walter wrote:
On a programming web forum someone said regarding Lazarus:
On just cursory review, looks compelling. However, I get so little
call these days for native/desktop applications. Seems everyone wants
web now.
I replied:
I agree that web applications are far superior in many situations.
Compared to desktop applications they are much easier to deploy, much
easier to upgrade, they work across multiple platforms, the user
experience is much richer (easier to layout, video, audio integration,
css transitions), data handling is easier (no need for local database
server or local database connection configurations), and of course web
applications go much better with the software as a service
subscription or pricing model.
That said, desktop applications have a better time working with local
resources like files, scanners, printers (though cloud services for
storage and printing make this less relevant), are usually more
responsive, they obviously have better desktop integration (copy and
paste, drag and drop), usually have better user interface layout
management (docking windows, toolbars, menus), better performance,
better direct access to memory data structures (think of images
editing accessing pixels, editing audio waveform samples), and are
better for applications which require long time processing like
encoding videos or recording audio.
That said, I prefer desktop software for doings tasks, which I think
is what most computer enthusiasts want to do. I write desktop software
to automatically scan Craigslist and eBay for collectibles which
interest me. I write desktop software to monitor video feeds with
OpenCV. I write desktop software to make games with SDL2/GLESV2. On so
on ...
I guess what it comes down to is this:
For businesses web development is probably a better fit for their
software needs.
For people who are computer enthusiasts that use their computers to
process tasks or solve problems, desktop development is probably better.
What are your opinions on the subject title ?
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