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Re: Support for both Web and Desktop front-ends [Architecture]

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On 7/12/2011 11:41 PM, Warren Tang wrote:
> I'm about to develop an application which needs to support both Web
> client and desktop client. Is there any existing tools/practices I can
> use? Or any suggestions?
>
> Recently I've done a project with Google Web Toolkit(GWT) + myBatis.
> Newly shifted from .NET Framework to Java, my current knowledge set is
> limited to core java, no Java EE or Spring experience (though I have
> plans to learn them).So lightweight is preferred.
>
> Maybe I can use GWT + Spring + myBatis? For the desktop front-end I
> should use Swing + Spring + MyBatis? The Spring MVC can handle the two
> front-ends and make sharing business logic easier?

First you need to decide on tiering, examples:

desktop app-------|
                   |--database
browser--web app--|

or:

desktop app-------|
                   |--services----database
browser--web app--|

Then you will need to decide on layering, examples:

PL1 BLL DAL-----------|
                       |--database
browser--PL2 BLL DAL--|

or:

PL1-----------|
               |--SL BLL DAL----database
browser--PL2--|

And then you can decide on technology:

PL1 - Swing or SWT [or on the second case you could use .NET win forms 
or WPF]
PL2 - GWT or JSF or Wicket or Grails or <insert 20 more options> [or on 
the second case you could use PHP or ASP.NET]
BLL - plain Java
SL - something JAX-WS or JAX-RS compatible
DAL - something JPA compatible or maybe a non-JPA framework like MyBatis

There are plenty of options in Java.

Arne

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Support for both Web and Desktop front-ends [Architecture] Warren Tang <nospam@tangcs.com> - 2011-07-13 11:41 +0800
  Re: Support for both Web and Desktop front-ends [Architecture] markspace <-@.> - 2011-07-12 21:21 -0700
    Re: Support for both Web and Desktop front-ends [Architecture] Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2011-07-21 18:53 -0400
      separated by a common language "Richard Maher" <maher_rj@hotspamnotmail.com> - 2011-07-24 08:13 +0800
        Re: separated by a common language Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2011-07-23 21:37 -0400
  Re: Support for both Web and Desktop front-ends [Architecture] Tom <tom400f@gmail.com> - 2011-07-13 10:34 +0000
    Re: Support for both Web and Desktop front-ends [Architecture] Tom <tom400f@gmail.com> - 2011-07-13 12:28 +0000
  Re: Support for both Web and Desktop front-ends [Architecture] Arved Sandstrom <asandstrom3minus1@eastlink.ca> - 2011-07-13 07:36 -0300
  Re: Support for both Web and Desktop front-ends [Architecture] jebblue <n@n.nnn> - 2011-07-13 22:17 -0500
  Re: Support for both Web and Desktop front-ends [Architecture] Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2011-07-13 21:22 -0700
    Re: Support for both Web and Desktop front-ends [Architecture] Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2011-07-21 18:45 -0400
  Re: Support for both Web and Desktop front-ends [Architecture] Kristian Rink <kr@zimmer428.net> - 2011-07-14 13:06 +0200
  Re: Support for both Web and Desktop front-ends [Architecture] Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2011-07-21 18:33 -0400

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