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Using JAVA? to build a desktop GUI Client for a CMS....

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Im developing a CMS and want to build some type of desktop GUI that can run on atleast windows, and *nix if possible..

I think JAVA is the best solution for this,
What I plan to do, is have a set of scripts on the webserver, and have this java app connect to these individual files depending on what option the user wants to carry out, then the data is sent to the desktop client, and is displayed, and this would allow them to add/edit/delete/list content and such..

Would Java be best for this? Or something else?

Also, I would need to learn Java, can you recommend and books that would help me with this task?

Thanks for your time,
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Post by volka »

since this is a PHP forum (mainly ;) ) I say: you can do it in PHP, too, and provide a web interface
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Yes, I would recommend Java. In fact, I am working on something similair for PHPComplete's Backend system. I would recommend Deitel and Deitel's Java: How to Program book. Very good, very complete.
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Post by MattF »

if you were feeling lazy you could do something in VB (yes I know) that is kind of like a mini web browser with just about 4 buttons that just show the correct page, eg the user admin perhaps. That would be fairly easy to do.....
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I am writing the base of this in PHP, and many databases ( my own DB ABS. layer ).

Newbie: Do you have a link to that book? Possibly an amazon affiliate link so I can help you guys out with a few bucks?

Thanks for the replies...
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You could also try one of the Cross-browser, cross-platform dHTML APIs. I'm currently looking at using DOMAPI to build an interface for a CMS i'm developing. check it out at http://www.domapi.com . It's pretty impressive... based on dan steinman's original DynDuo API.

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I had a look at http://www.domapi.com/, it is very impressive
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Post by Peter »

Does anyone know of any java tutorials? Thx ;)
dxd

do a java it's better

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yeah man

Java is what u need ... on client side without a browser .. da java doing stuff right away !

for tutorial ... you gotta check java website or best resource si javaworld !
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Well it might sound dumb... but ! GTK-PHP !?

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hmm o.k. guys. so lets get this straight!
you guys start coming up with java, right ? this sould really dumb.
for everyone haveing ever coded java and databases
and than coded php knows pretty well how suckee java can be.

also it would involve installing a suckee VM.
so why not packing up a GTK-PHP self executiong exe ?
with a php-gtk written backend ?

since you coded a CMS you should know PHP well, and php-gtk should not be the problem to learn. anyway. it's your decision.

further check http://gtk.php.net/

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Bruce Eckel's Thinking in Java

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Peter wrote:Does anyone know of any java tutorials? Thx ;)
You want Bruce eckel's Thinking in C and Java.. both the site and the donwloadable book..

http://www.mindview.net/Books/TIJ/

One of the best books to get you started in Java..
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