Hi, Well since I knew that one day I might like to create a web application as well, I have tried to distinguish between the Wx GUI code and the engine code as much as I can so the WXperl code only gather the information but doesn't process it.
Since I don't have any experience in CGI programing (or any other web application programing) I wonder would it help me when I will start writing the web app? Thanks Erez 2009/11/30 Waldemar Biernacki <w...@sao.pl> > Dnia środa 25 listopada 2009 o 12:41:48 Erez David napisał(a): > > Hi, > > > > I have written a nice GUI application using WxPerl and now I want to run > the > > same application with the same look in a web server so it will be a web > > application and users can use it with a web browser. > it strongly depends on what is the application. I have some experience in > building database applications which works simultaniously as a normal GUI > (based on perl Win32::GUI) and as a web application (both purely perl). The > main differences between GUI and browser application is as follow (the > following points show that web browser technology seems to be more > complicated but the big plus is no installation on client machine): > > 1. sessions: in GUI application session is of course on client machine, in > a browser application it is stored on server side (fastCGI or similar > technology is very usefull - then full objects can be stored not only > variables), > > 2. keyboard events. I had to program these events in a browser (in > javascript - if you really want to simulate GUI application keyboard) > > 3. data exchange between client and server: in GUI you can do it directly > but in browser always through web server (http_request technology can be > used, but in fact I am waiting for javascript database drivers). > > This is a vary interesting problem: how to prepare a database (in my case) > application which can be run as a normal GUI or in a web-browser > simultaniuosly without any changes in a code (it's the most important!). My > idea is to build specific very-high-level language in which all application > logic is written. This language should be reading by GUI and WEB engines > giving similar application. It is interesting that in web area we have many > such templates (although their code programming level is too low in my > opinion - including catalyst) but on a GUI side they are very few (it should > be written in wxperl in your case). > > regards > wb. > > > > > > I don't have any experience in creating web applications though I wonder > > what is the most logic way to convert the Wx gui application into a web > > application which looks and feel the same? > > > > > > Thanks > > > > Erez > > >
