> > > So are you playing devil's advocate or do you really believe CF
> > > would be good to use for desktop apps?? :-)
> >
> > No, I am serious ... Dave Watts pointed out that "If all you have is
> > a hammer, everything looks like a nail"
> >
> > Well, I have lots of nails!
>
> I think you may have misunderstood me. CF may be the hammer for
> nailing web
> applications, but if you start building desktop apps because you
> think it's
> the best way to do that, you'll be screwed.
>
Well, here's the dilemma(s)
I want to write apps that:
-- run on Mac, 'Nix, windows desktops
-- have an acceptable UI that won't be more difficult to write/
maintain than the app, itself. A browser is acceptable, procedural
Flash should be better in most cases.
-- the apps need the ability to manipulate local databases and files to
generate reports, syndication, graphics, or present drill-down/search
results
-- some apps need the ability to control (script) the OS and other
desktop applications.
-- some apps will need to manipulate files created by other desktop
apps (PDF, MP3, MOV, ,DOC, etc).
-- some apps will interface the web (FTP, HTTP, web services, mail, etc)
-- the actual processing time of the app is not especially critical and
would largly be limited by db or file I/O -- in fact, performance is
prolly less important on the desktop (1 user) than on a server
(multiple, concurrent users).
-- The ability to create an ad hoc RADD app is important -- important
enough to sacrifice UI and performance
So what are the tools available?
Java
JSP
_javascript_
C
Perl
Other cross-platform scripting languages
PHP
CFML
Given, the above requirements, CFMX or BD can do 95% of what I want at
acceptable performance. I could use another language to compensate for
any CFML deficiencies, prolly in descending order: Java, JSP, PHP, Perl
(based on ease of integration and my experience/abilities).
Is there a better way?
TIA
Dick
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