is your business app suited to a SPA ? <settles into comfy chair to await the sh-tstorm>
On Fri, Mar 31, 2017 at 9:31 AM, Greg Keogh <gfke...@gmail.com> wrote: > Folks, I was just told we have a big customer who is aware of the dying > support for Silverlight and they are asking if we have a browser-based > version of our app. We have an original Windows desktop version, the > Silverlight version and recently created mobile version for all 3 brands of > tablets and phones, but no HTML5 version. > > This will sound weird coming from me, but if you had to suddenly write a > HTML5 "business app" with several screens, some with a master-detail > format, some with fancy charts and tables, login screen, fly-out menus and > dialogs ... what would you use? Is anyone doing this sort of thing? What > development environment do you use? > > A year ago we had someone write a simple demo using the GTK, and it > worked, but it was a bit sluggish and felt strange. They gave me the source > code, but it was highly specialised and utterly incomprehensible. Putting > that aside, there are now so many competing JSxxx libraries and kits > changing so quickly that I wouldn't know what to pick out of this zoo. > > Any advice from people with HTML5 app experience would be welcome. I > promise I won't rant about JS. > > *Greg K* >
