Recomended Development Tools?
I want to devlop a GUI App, with buttons, a few streaming videos, and text.
I then want to set up the app as a web server, so that is viewable, and controlable over the web. I want the web interface to look exactly the same (or as close as possible) to what the user sees when siting at the console.
I have done a lot of stand alone app preogramming, but not much web related stuff.
I want the transition from the console, to the web server to be as seemless as possible, so I want to start off right from the ground up.
The viewing from the web server to require as little security permissions / installable components as possible.
Can anyone recommend a platform that would work well for this kind of thing? There are a lot of web based programmng technologies, all of them have different implications, require you to install different kinds of components, etc
Thanks For your input -
Mike
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rognorak] at [2007-11-20 11:41:34]
# 1 Re: Recomended Development Tools?
Well, no web application can be identical to a regular application. However, if you use .NET, you will find the porting from VB.NET or C#.NET to ASP.NET much simpler than just coding a whole new counterpart for a web application. I would suggest that route.
# 2 Re: Recomended Development Tools?
Thanks for the suggestion - Is it possible to devlop a web Only application, and run the client and server locally on the same machine?
Also - Do I have to use ASP? Or can I use a C# Web Form for a similar type of thing?
# 3 Re: Recomended Development Tools?
Thanks for the suggestion - Is it possible to devlop a web Only application, and run the client and server locally on the same machine?
Yes. Just point any direction at 127.0.0.1.
Also - Do I have to use ASP? Or can I use a C# Web Form for a similar type of thing?
I mentioned C# in my post. ;)
# 4 Re: Recomended Development Tools?
In .NET web development, usually the UI is based on ASP.NET and the business logic is coded in C# or VB.NET. So, C# is preferrable though. If you have a stand alone app. developed in C#, then it would be much easier to port it to a web dev. app. Make sure, in the stand alone app. , the logic and UI layers are well separated so its not tied to a particular platform. All the Best!
