Thanks to all for all the input! I did think about Java then remembered that I have never really learned the language properly, and have never developed with it before. I'm not all…

Quote: Originally posted by techtrucker: Thanks to all for all the input! I did think about Java then remembered that I have never really learned the language properly, …

Thanks Arkham_c, I think I have some reading to do...

Man, this just smacks of a good app for webobjects. They could keep their SQL Server back-end and have a web-based app use the existing data (if it's in good shape).

To continue on what flanders said, with WebObjects you could make both a web based app, and a java app for the desktop, and have both be completely cross-platform, without doing an…

Thanks for the WO recommendation. I've never used WO but this may be a good time to investigate it. Just started downloading the Eval copy...

...Only to discover it's not 10.3 ready yet (the Evaluation, that is). *Sigh*

Quote: Originally posted by techtrucker: ...Only to discover it's not 10.3 ready yet (the Evaluation, that is). *Sigh* And it's not free. WebObjects was really ad…

Quote: Originally posted by Arkham_c: And it's not free. WebObjects was really advanced for its time, but JDO (Java Data Objects) has caught up with it if you're lookin…

Quote: Originally posted by itai195: WebObjects' value is that it's a complete platform for Java web applications -- including very sophisticated frameworks, development…

Arkham_c: From a quick look over the SUN website, I don't think that it is going to be easier to use than WebObjects... in fact it seems to be missing some of the features that mak…

I took a quick glance at JSO and, while it looks like a nice tool, I don't think it's going to match what WO offers. As larkost mentioned -- it doesn't sound like it has rapid dev…

I've not used the Java Studio Creator personally (I installed it on my iBook today, but have not really tried it out yet). I did see a demo though, and they connected to a databas…

Arkham_c: Much of what you are describing is exactly what WebObjects has had for many years. The only thing I remember EOModler not doing was automatically mapping the Foreign Keys…

Quote: Originally posted by larkost: Arkham_c: Much of what you are describing is exactly what WebObjects has had for many years. The only thing I remember EOModler not …

that's right, if you don't do the install just like that some parts of WO or xcode get broken. Also if you're on Panther, make sure you're running the 5.2.3 WO and the 1.4.2 java.

Quote: Originally posted by Arkham_c: I will check out WebObjects. It turns out that you can run the free developer edition on 10.3.3. I found this document which desc…

Quote: Originally posted by techtrucker: Thanks, going to install the demo now... A warning -- it seems that installing WO causes a process to be running on your m…

I assume that you are talking about the Frontbase Database? It is not a big consumer of resources if you are not actively using it.

I wrote Plaster Mold inventory tracking system for my mother's ceramic studio as a favor for her. I just did a J2EE 3 tier app (JSP, Servlet, EJB) using Model2 MVC--because that's…

Quote: Originally posted by Kristoff: I wrote Plaster Mold inventory tracking system for my mother's ceramic studio as a favor for her. I just did a J2EE 3 tier app (JS…

Hypersonic comes with JBoss as the default datastore--it's integrated into the app server. check out http://www.jboss.org and http://sourceforge.net/projects/hsqldb/

If you're looking at migrating a database, and rewriting a front-end application all at once on your own, I hope for your sake it's simple, that just sounds like a cluster-f*!# to …

Thanks Partisan01, I appreciate the feedback. Fortunately, the only thing they want out of the existing data is the customer database, only a few hundred records. They're ready to …

Cerebro started this.... as an Xbox theme. Anyone know how to make themes? :-P 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Any thoughts?