There are still many advantages to client apps. Even though the internet has boomed, not everyone has access to the internet every minute of the day and if I have my laptop with me, I would like to be able to use some applications even though I might not have access to the internet. Sure, I could
I'd like to take your premise one step further.
For years in the Unix, IBM, DEC and many other frame environments,
network connections and the subsequent
protocol and remote applications (such as Web, Gopher, FTP, etc.) were
treated as resources and not requirements
in many instances. I
Has anyone ever noticed that this list tends to concentrate on hashing and
re-hashing which OSS tools are best? Then, the discussion moves to whether
client-server, webapps, or standalone apps are best. Next, we always jump
on to (my favorite) legal issues. Goto line 1 and repeat...
I'd like
Paul, I agree with you 100%. That's exactly the model I'm using on my application and that's really what I was trying to say. I don't know that I would call it a limux model since lots of applications use it.
I should also say to that I'm not arguing against web application, for Mitch's
I've used Swing and SWT. I've found that Swing is much easier to work
with .. especially if you are going to move from one platform to
another. The learning curve is a little steep if you want to do a lot
of customizing of the UI but it does give you a lot of control over what
you want to
I should've mentioned in my post, I've also used swing and swt (jface
too) (as well as vb, qt and some pygtk). If you are wed to java, use
either of swing or swt. There are pluses and minuses to each, which
others have mentioned.
I would still recommend wx.
-matt
ps - The main dev of
Have you fully considered the advisability of writing the application as a client app as opposed to a web-based app?
I've taken a few such full-blown applications and turned them into web-based apps. As time goes on, I (and my bosses)find more more reasons to develop new applications as web-based
I completely agree on this. With the advent of AJAX and javascript
libraries and frameworks, it has become very easy, and perhaps more
powerful to create client apps on the web (I now consider the web
just a method to deploy interactive client applications).
Jesse
On Nov 1, 2006, at 2:37
At work, I'm using the Eclipse RCP, and unfortunately, not only is it a huge learning curve, but good up to date documentation is somewhat scarce. For a small app, it's much easier to just write it in Swing.
In addition to the ones you mentioned, I believe Netbeans also has an RCP framework,
Swing has its faults but it is very well documented. The java docs
are about as good as you can find, and there are lots of tutorials.
If you really hate Swing you might want to look at SWT.
On 10/31/06, Jay Askren [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
At work, I'm using the Eclipse RCP, and
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