Re: GUI development language

["Raul A. Jager W." <raul@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Sorry, I feel that your opinion is based in the fact that: as a newcomer 
you have not yet learned how to deploy a simple web application, you 
have a slight idea, but not real experience.
So, if your opinion is based in ignorance, will it be wise to folow it?

It may be initialy easier to code a desktop application, I doubt it, but 
when the application grows to adapt to a real business need, the web 
will be far better.  And, based in the way the web is growing and 
improving, I suspect in the near future only very few applications will 
be in the desktop.

> I am not in Walden's class, my perspective as a newcomer is it is
> easier to code a desktop application than a web one. ( viewstate, css
> vs table alignment, block vs inline elements, client side vs server
> size code, ... the programmer needs to know a lot more to code a web
> appl than desktop.
>
> I still think what matters the most is deploying functionality to the
> user. and for the as400 user that is best accomplished using asp.net
> and odbc ( you can code it quickly, it is good enough user experience
> wise, browser deployment cant be matched, and the programming model
> works well with business logic running on the central as400 and
> presentation in the browser.
>
> -Steve
>