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Re: Ping: Roedy Green or anyone else familiar with JWS (Java Web Start)

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On 2016-04-27 5:46 AM, Martin Gregorie wrote:
> On Tue, 26 Apr 2016 22:32:29 -0400, Rhino wrote:
>
>> I haven't been keeping up to date with JavaWS. If it is effectively
>> dead, what is the best way to create an app that I can share with other
>> users?
>>
> Distributing a Java app that connects to a central database is certainly
> easy enough to do - provided the users have a suitable JRE installed you
> can set things up so you only distribute a singe jar file: its simple
> enough to keep configuration data in the jar, if yoyu prefer that, along
> with a tool that can set up the config for the individual user.
>
>> To be more specific, my current app needs to run on recent versions of
>> Windows and will be reading/storing/inserting/updating/deleting
>> information on a DB2 database (or maybe MySQL).
>>
> My preference would be for a single central DB, but of course it should
> use individual logins for each user and preferably would also use an
> encrypted connection.
>
> Two more databases to consider: MariaDB and PostgreSQL. I use the latter
> and am extremely impressed with its reliability and almost total lack of
> routine maintenance apart from periodic backups. And, if you want to be
> 100% Java there's always Derby.
>
The application is 98% done and works on my laptop using a standalone 
copy of DB2. Unfortunately, this project is on a very limited budget and 
I don't have a dedicated server so I expect I'll use the database on one 
of the free webhosting services. Those always seem to use MySQL and I 
already have some familiarity with it so that's probably how it'll go.

>> It uses Java FX and FXML
>> for its GUI. An applet or application or web page would all be
>> acceptable ways for the users to run the program. I don't anticipate
>> using it on a phone or a non-Windows OS.
>>
> Using a web pages as your interface will probably give you better
> security depending on how you secure the server and will certainly make
> maintenance easier because all code and configuration will be kept in
> house.
>
How do I put a JavaFX app on a webpage? I had assumed I needed to have 
either an applet or JWS to accomplish that. I've been away from Java for 
a few years and may be unaware of other options.

>> I can picture putting a separate local database on each user's machine
>> and then merging the updates together in some fashion but I'd strongly
>> prefer to have everyone sharing the same database.
>>
> +1
>
I'm VERY glad to hear that a single shared database is possible. I 
really didn't want to get into separate databases/files that had to be 
merged.

-- 
Rhino

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Ping: Roedy Green or anyone else familiar with JWS (Java Web Start) Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com> - 2016-04-26 17:33 -0400
  Re: Ping: Roedy Green or anyone else familiar with JWS (Java Web Start) Knute Johnson <nospam@rabbitbrush.frazmtn.com> - 2016-04-26 19:03 -0700
    Re: Ping: Roedy Green or anyone else familiar with JWS (Java Web Start) Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com> - 2016-04-26 22:32 -0400
      Re: Ping: Roedy Green or anyone else familiar with JWS (Java Web Start) Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2016-04-27 09:46 +0000
        Re: Ping: Roedy Green or anyone else familiar with JWS (Java Web Start) Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com> - 2016-04-27 14:36 -0400
      Re: Ping: Roedy Green or anyone else familiar with JWS (Java Web Start) Eric Douglas <e.d.programmer@gmail.com> - 2016-05-02 05:34 -0700
  Re: Ping: Roedy Green or anyone else familiar with JWS (Java Web Start) Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2016-05-16 08:28 -0700
  Re: Ping: Roedy Green or anyone else familiar with JWS (Java Web Start) Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2016-05-16 08:31 -0700

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