brianlange Posted December 4, 2010 Share Posted December 4, 2010 I would like to build a desktop application that publishes to the web. What programming language do I need to use? Java? Can php do this? I want to build a online forum. There'll be a php html version on the web but I want users to be able to interact with a desktop app. Thanks, Brian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianlange Posted December 4, 2010 Author Share Posted December 4, 2010 Has anyone used cappuccino? http://cappuccino.org/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trq Posted December 5, 2010 Share Posted December 5, 2010 Cappuccino is just a web framework that implements some fancy javascript by the looks. Nothing that can't be doen with any other web framework. It doesn't actually build desktop applications. Anyway, a desktop back end to a website would be achievable in any of the general desktop languages java, C# whatever. You'll just need to ensure that your actual web application provides an api. What language is best? What languages do you know? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lastkarrde Posted December 23, 2010 Share Posted December 23, 2010 You can use PHP with Appcelerator's Titanium Desktop. You can create a native OS window with native menus. Everything inside the window is drawn with HTML and CSS. An API is provided that lets you interact with the OS (files, processes, database, network, notification etc). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trq Posted December 23, 2010 Share Posted December 23, 2010 This can also be done in php-gtk (http://gtk.php.net/), still, I wouldn't recommend either of these approaches. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vicodin Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 Def dont use PHP for a desktop application. The language was never meant for that. Look into C++, Java or Python. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ttocskcaj Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 Anything that can access your database pretty much Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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