Re: Java, PHP or what?

The problem with Java applets (esp if you are linking to a db) is that they *dont* give real time interactivity - but because the look like an app people expect that as soon as they press a button something should happen. With a PHP (or JSPs, or any SSI) page view based application people expect a web page to take time to download and clicking a link usually gives them expected outcome. In my experience users will think that a Java applet that takes 8 seconds to display a table from a db is slow and unresponsive yet a page based app which takes 8-10 seconds to render a page with the same info is 'lightening fast'. Paul On Fri, Nov 03, 2000 at 10:13:35AM +0000, ICG®Xavi wrote: > Hi, > > My boss told me to start thinking about an application that works > embeded into a browser. > > First, I thought about PHP because I have some experience > after developing some e-commerce sites with that great > language, but later I saw some problems with that. > > I need "real" time interactivity between the application > and the user, just like a normal application does. I also need > something as a DB grid component used in RAD tools. The > think is to get an application into a browser more than a > simple html page with JavaScript all around. > > The big questiuon is : what language/tool will you use to develop an > application that kind? Java ? Are PHP+Javascript powerful enough ? > > Thanks in advance. > > Xavi. > > > > -- > PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-db-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-db-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net -- ------------------------------------------------------------ Paul Cooper | Tel: 0121 687 3024 Senior Software Developer | Fax: 0121 687 3001 UCEcom | email: pgc@ucecom.com University of Central England | Birmingham, B4 7DX | ------------------------------------------------------------