Re: Oh god, what will I have stared with this post...

From: Brent Eamer (beamer_at_islandtelecom.com)
Date: 12/23/03 

Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2003 00:25:48 GMT

I would tend to agree with you, but I got really frustrated trying to
develop a small app with JSP/HTML/Javascript. Things like 'once the page is
posted, if you have to update anything, you have to submit() again" I found
it a pain in the ass, especially since I come from a client/server
background. (Oracle Forms and PowerBuilder). And it seems SUN went through
a lot to create Swing, I have the Zukowski book and man, there is a lot to
learn!!

Thanks for the reply
"Ryan Stewart" <zaphod@no.texas.spam.net> wrote in message
news:tvWdnSs1CJyKFXqiU-KYiQ@texas.net...
> I'm not sure what exactly you're trying to say. That a Swing GUI is better
> than a web page? Well yeah. Any standalone application written in a decent
> programming language is going to be much more flexible than HTML will ever
> be. Remember that the T in HTML is Text. That's what it was developed for:
> to move text from place to place. So yes more flexible and richer, but
more
> widely usable? Who's going to install your application on all the
computers
> it will be used on (possibly nation- or worldwide)? Who's going to train
all
> the users in how to use the new interface? Why not just use a web app that
> requires no download or installation, that everyone already has a client
for
> (their web browsers), that can be accessed from anywhere that's hooked up
to
> the internet (in case of travel), and that has an interface that the user
is
> already familiar with (everyone knows how to click a hyperlink)?
>
> "Brent Eamer" <beamer@islandtelecom.com> wrote in message
> news:fLKFb.18510$IF6.778938@ursa-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca...
> > I have experimented with Java's Swing architecture for a bit now and
then
> > switched to HTML/JSP and I find the Swing has a richer
> > user interface available to me, so why is no one using it. If one were
to
> > learn J2EE or just Java with Swing to deliver an applications what
> questions
> > would you ask in order to decide what to go with?
> >
> > It seems a lot of energy has gone into JFC/Swing and then a few years
ago,
> > boom!!! everybody is using a browser as their client.
> >
> >
> > Also from a job/skills perspective, which is the best skill combo to
> > learn/master
> >
> > Thanks all, can't wait to see how deep this thread gets...
> >
> >
>
>

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