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What language would you use?

Drakkon

Drakkon

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Need an idea of what language you would use to create a program that:
Only needs to run on windows
Allows for rapid development time (between 2-4 months)
Allows for both web (runs on the web, no download and isntall) and cd delivery
Runs on most computers (400mhz on up)
Allows for graphical user interfaces
 
Really, alot of languages will do this but if you ask me .NET might be your best bet (althought i have most my experience in .NET), mainly because the "must run over the web", .NET provides great security for this - but its a pain if you need local DLLs, com ports, etc.
 
Originally posted by: amdfanboy
Originally posted by: znaps
I'd use Java, but it has exactly the same downsides as above for Applets.
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JNLP?
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Yep, but it has the same issues as Applets with running in the sandbox. Unless you sign it. All this adds to the development time though.
 
Have a look at Intraweb. It basically allows you to create web a web gui in the exact same way you'd create a desktop gui (point-n-click vb-style). That would lead to extremely quick development and easy maintenance of your two interfaces. It'll run in .NET, among other things.
 
how can .NET run off CD as a stand alone (not sure if i made that clear in original post enuff i guess)?
I'm familar with vb.NET and ASP.net and some C#, and usually C# is a standalone app (not in a browser), vb can be either, and asp is on browser only...

intraweb looks neat and all but it seems to be made for more web and mobile devices...i dont see anything on how it would work as a stand alone?

I was thinking either Flash or Java...but if we can be opened to .NET that would be great...
 
well i know that but how do i take the .net application and have it be a web based product as well? I've never seen a web application and a cd application being built at the same time for .net....usually its you choose one or the other and then develop for that possibly using some of the same files included across both...
 
Originally posted by: Drakkon
well i know that but how do i take the .net application and have it be a web based product as well? I've never seen a web application and a cd application being built at the same time for .net....usually its you choose one or the other and then develop for that possibly using some of the same files included across both...
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When you said "web application" I thought you meant a web application, like a site done in ASP.NET or PHP, or Java Servlets.

Apparently when you said web application, you meant something that can be run in an "applet" frame or something in a web browser. If that's the case, you might as well just build a Windows application and let people download the EXE from your website, so they can run it on their desktop machines. There really isn't any difference between a java applet running in a browser window versus one running natively in the Windows GUI.

Of course if you MUST have it run inside a browser window, then yeah, use Java or Flash.
 
You can get .NET guis running in a browser just like a java applet. It takes a fat client, but that's no different from a jvm and a browser plugin. When I suggested Intraweb I figured you meant you would have a server. If you don't have a server I also don't see any point in putting the apps in a browser.
 
apps in a browser for students who do not have access to install or run software that is restricted on things like library machines...its a big thing with the company im dealing with..and we can make it run on cd as well it becomes icing on the cake
 
If the application isn't too complicated and you're not sure about JVM or .NET runtimes, you could try Macromedia Director. It still requires the Shockwave plug-in, but that should be pretty common too.
 
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