Hello Guys
Using C# means .NET framework will need to be installed and your webapp will
only work with Microsoft OS
Be aware scripting languages such as PHP and Python will necessitate that
you acquire all of the libraries for your web app..
As long as you stay mainstream you should be ok
But if you have specific requirements for XYZ Db that nobody supports or
protocols or device drivers that nobody has written you'll have to write the
libraries yourself
Martin--
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From: "johnf" <jfabiani@xxxxxxxx>
To: <pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2007 5:20 PM
Subject: Re: Building Windows fat clients
On Wednesday 19 September 2007 10:19, Scott Ribe wrote:
I'm asking this group because we tend to think alike wrt to data modeling
and separation of concerns ;-)
Any recommendations on ORM libraries for new Windows development? The
last
time I started anything from scratch was over 10 years ago, and the
"state
of the art" seemed to be to smash everything together into event handlers
on GUI objects. Ugh. I pulled the M of the MVC out into separate coherent
classes and implemented a *very* simple ORM, leaving the VC mostly
conflated in the event handlers--which is not too bad since this app will
never need to be cross-platform.
So the dev tool was discontinued, some closed-source libraries are
getting
less and less compatible by the year, and we're going to rewrite. Where
to
start? It's a custom Windows-only app, only installed at one site. Using
.NET would be fine. C# or C++ would be most-preferred language choices,
although we could suck it up and use Java. I don't want to put VB on the
table.
Leaning toward Visual Studio .NET because I know it will be around (in
whatever morphed form) for a while; but also considering Borland's
supposedly revitalized C++ tools because I used C++ Builder with success
back when MS C++ compilers were still awful. I should probably mention
that
the Windows apps, with the exception of one complicated "explore
customer's
entire history here" screen, are pretty simple; the complexity is in
reports and stored procedures.
Suggestions where to start?
If you like python you might want to check www.dabodev.com. Dabo was
designed
to access data.
--
John Fabiani
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