cmgmyr Posted September 25, 2007 Share Posted September 25, 2007 So recently I've been tasked to create a Windows desktop application for a business. This will be pretty much an "all-in-one" - sales, purchasing, inventory, reporting, etc. This will also possibly be connected to an in-house server (Server 2003, MS SQL) and a website server/database (MySQL, PHP, Apache). I need something that can interface with both easily. So pretty much my question is: What technology should I use to do this? I was thinking VB.NET but I just want to make sure that is the right path to take before I go down it. Your thoughts? Any resources that you can give me? Anything else that can point me in the right direction? Have you done something like this before? Thanks! -Chris Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/70687-desktop-dev-vbnet-c-java-other/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
trq Posted September 25, 2007 Share Posted September 25, 2007 vb.net sucks (imo), if your going to look at .net, at least go with c#, its a much more elegant language. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/70687-desktop-dev-vbnet-c-java-other/#findComment-355323 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmgmyr Posted September 25, 2007 Author Share Posted September 25, 2007 Hey thorpe, thanks for the input. Right now I haven't really decided what technology I want to use. I've programmed in C++, Java, and VB.NET before, so atleast I'm familiar with them...that doesn't mean I have to stick with them though. If you don't mind explaining more...What don't you like about VB.NET? What makes C# more elegant? What would you use for this type of project? Thanks again. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/70687-desktop-dev-vbnet-c-java-other/#findComment-355336 Share on other sites More sharing options...
trq Posted September 25, 2007 Share Posted September 25, 2007 What don't you like about VB.NET? What makes C# more elegant? What would you use for this type of project? I've not really used any of those languages, though I have used the older VB and just hated it. C# is a much cleaner looking language imo. Of course, I'm basing that opinion purely on aesthetics. Any and all of those languages have interfaces available for MSSQL and MySql so I guess it probably best to just roll with whatever your most comfortable with. Though once again, I'm not speaking from experience. The only desktop developement stuff I've done had been using Python. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/70687-desktop-dev-vbnet-c-java-other/#findComment-355347 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmgmyr Posted September 26, 2007 Author Share Posted September 26, 2007 Thanks again for the input thorpe, I appriciate it. Anyone else have any ideas? Thanks! Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/70687-desktop-dev-vbnet-c-java-other/#findComment-355880 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmgmyr Posted September 28, 2007 Author Share Posted September 28, 2007 *bump* anyone else? Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/70687-desktop-dev-vbnet-c-java-other/#findComment-357596 Share on other sites More sharing options...
teng84 Posted October 8, 2007 Share Posted October 8, 2007 vb.net suck? thorpes right but thats the easiest software i found and it provides good output i would rather have JAVA or vb.net that C++ Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/70687-desktop-dev-vbnet-c-java-other/#findComment-364211 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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