Comments on: Between Web Application and Desktop Applications

By: mikoyan

mikoyan — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 15:21:53 +0000

There are a number of techniques which can be used for the same. I know of a couple of guys besides me, as well as firms which actually use Web Technologies in developing multi-platform desktop applications.

The interesting techniques are the ones where the solution has the basic features of a desktop application like multi-threading, one click installs.

Looking at the disadvantages you have pointed out, actually none are true.

At Plus91, I introduced this methodology for solution design in 2006, and we have 12 products in the market built on the concept of using PHP/XML/MySQL/Javascript/HTML/CSS together to develop solutions which are desktop like. All of our applications have access to low level system operations and can also do file ops.

While, this is obvious since your are running a server on the same machine as the client, and the server side code can actually do what it wants, it becomes more interesting when one uses SWIG technologies. One can push and pull data and commands using php based system calls as well as wrapper based calls.

By: baeltazor

baeltazor — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 07:46:23 +0000

this may be possible if you target C# WPF (Windows Presentation Foundation)

By: Binny V A

Binny V A — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:22:44 +0000

Sorry, but I have no experience in the .NET platform – I’m on LAMP.

By: Rupesh

Rupesh — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:08:08 +0000

Hi, I am a Software developer. And my company wants to convert web application(in ASP) to a desktop application(.NET 2.0) is it possible to do so. And if so please let me know.

Thank you!

By: postguy

postguy — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 19:39:51 +0000

Our personal web application platform- Tonido exactly does what you are explaining here. It addresses all your disadvantages.