Hi Peter, in the
https://www.karlsruhe.dhbw.de/rahmlab/uebersicht.html[1] we are still working with and developing a lot with very big desktop applications, with hunderts of modules based on netbeans and we are still fine with this technology:-) In think especially in research desktop applications are still needed. best regards Oliver > Yes, I've been writing a NetBeans based app for petroleum engineering > tools. > > https://pkirkham.github.io/pyrus/ > > I find the modern implementation of NetBeans is quite robust. Having > everything on the desktop is important as in oil and gas we can be > dealing with some massive files, and uploading these into the cloud just > to perform some computation isn't efficient. Far better to have a > powerful desktop than to try to write some middle-man browser app that > will only end up as a shadow of the desktop app. > > However, I do wonder if I'm out there on my own in the wilderness. Like > you say the trend is for everyone else to be jumping into the cloud. > > Best regards, > > Peter > > On 30/05/2025 8:12 pm, Martin Wildam wrote: > > On Tue, May 27, 2025 at 9:27 PM Tim Mullé <tmu...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Anyway, I’m just wondering: > >> 1. Do you create NB Platform applications for your projects, company, > >> etc? > > > > Since my switch to Java (which is since 2010 or something around that) > > I did a few smaller Swing Applications and I never did something > > bigger so that I seriously considered NetBeans platform. Since then > > mostly backend and one web project with Vaadin and one with GWT (in > > both cases you have web, but program in Java). I loved Vaadin > > especially for the fact, that you code it similar as Swing. In the > > last years I worked with teams in projects where web clients are > > implemented with AngularJS, Angular and React, but I totally miss the > > Swing feeling. > > > > For some kind of applications a desktop application is still a > > no-brainer, but more and more is browser based, even for applications > > where I would totally prefer a desktop application. But even photo > > editing software on the smartphone can be pretty good these days. > > > > There might be a little of a comeback to desktop applications with the > > trend to decouple from the big players nowadays and to be more > > resilient in case of internet outages, but on the other hand a web > > application gives you more platform compatibility. I loved the Sing > > being compatible with Linux, MacOS and Windows, but nowadays you want > > everything also to work on the smartphone for real platform > > independence. > > > > If you consider a platform/framework change then one of the first > > major questions is: Are there ongoing development plans where the > > current implementation will hold you back significantly? > > > > Usually in such situations, if only maintenance is done any more, such > > a big change is usually not worth the effort. > > > > Not sure if that really helps you, > > > > best regards, Martin. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@netbeans.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@netbeans.apache.org > > For further information about the NetBeans mailing lists, visit: > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Mailing+lists -------- [1] https://www.karlsruhe.dhbw.de/rahmlab/uebersicht.html
