Hi. I've got a bit of a question that I need some opinions on.
I have an application that I want to make web-accessible, for a few select individuals. This application reads a central database and displays some statistics and allows some modification of the data via simple dialogs. It's currently a desktop application running on an internal network. This is not sensitive data, so I'm not concerned about security except for a basic user name and password check. What would be the simplest way to make this a tool that is accessible via the web? I could use webstart, as I'm doing with the desktop application at the moment via the intranet, but that would require a dedicated server type of configuration, correct? This would be for allowing external applications to access the database. My other alternative is to convert the application into an Applet that can access the database of the web host, for example, the MySQL instance that I know is currently available on the server. We are not talking more than a couple of hundred records here, so I'm thinking the Applet solution is not such a bad call. Here's my question : Are there any show-stopping downsides to using an Applet in this instance? I've done a bit of browsing and looked at some applets and there doesn't seem to be a reason not to use an Applet, but as my Applet knowledge is very basic, I'd like some input please. Regards Ewald -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CTJUG Tech" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/CTJUG-Tech?hl=en For Cape Town Java User Group home page see http://www.ctjug.org.za/ For jobs see http://jobs.gamatam.com/
