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Advice on which technologies to use for a client-server desktop application

I am writing a desktop application in Java which will allow clients to authenticate to a server with their credentials, and afterwards view and manipulate some data (orders, invoices, employees etc.) ...
2
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2answers
145 views

Web Services as a Back end

I am contemplating a direction to take an application. The application is written in PHP which implements a MVC framework. Some of my clients will require web services. I was thinking even building ...
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3answers
587 views

Why is Python slower than Java but faster than PHP

I have many times seen various benchmarks that show how a bunch of languages perform on a given task. Always these benchmarks reveal that Python is slower then Java and faster than PHP. And I wonder ...
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1answer
239 views

What should I think about when switching from Python to Java? [closed]

Possible Duplicate: Java dev learning Python: what concepts do I need to wrap my head around? I was a Java developer in the early 2000s, switched to Python in 2008 and now I am working in ...
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5answers
741 views

Java dev learning Python: what concepts do I need to wrap my head around?

I've run through a few tutorials and written some small projects. I'm right in the middle of a small project now infact. All is going well enough thanks in no small part to Uncle Google (who usually ...
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1answer
204 views

How easy/difficult is it to start using something like Python/Django in an existing Java project? [closed]

I have a Java project which uses Java to access some 3rd party libraries. For other things I'd like to use something newer like Python maybe. Is it easy to incorporate into an existing project? How ...
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10answers
679 views

I'm 15 years old. What would you recommend for resources? [closed]

I'm a 15 year old kid who seems to excel in all of his classes, likes talking in 3rd person, and wants to learn more about programming and a little about html/php stuff. I already know a little ...
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4answers
139 views

Is there such a crossplatform tool

I wanted to create an open source program for PC and mobile and I was wondering if there are such tools that allows you to write in HTML, javascript and CSS? Phonegap allows you to do it except it's ...
2
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1answer
198 views

Java or Python for Google App Engine not knowing either language?

I have a few project ideas that I'd like to deploy on GAE. I'm interested in developing a logging application for amateur radio contacts, shortwave, and utility monitoring. More complex projects ...
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4answers
389 views

Where to use C++ today? [closed]

Possible Duplicate: Is there any reason to use C++ instead of C, Perl, Python, etc.? When to use C over C++, and C++ over C? I am going to enter university next fall in computer sciences, ...
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6answers
881 views

Why use try … finally without a catch clause?

The classical way to program is with try / catch but when is it appropriate to use try without catch? In Python the following appears legal and can make sense: try: #do work finally: #do ...
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9answers
2k views

When do you use Java and when Python?

I learned principles of both these languages, and know syntax. But I have no experience with large projects at all. I've heard like: We write server business code in Java and scripting in Python. But ...
2
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1answer
232 views

Getting involved in an open-source Python-Java project [closed]

I'm a first-year PhD student in Ireland. My background is in mathematics, though I'm going to stream my career into programming with Python, Java and C++ languages. I have some good experience with ...
12
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6answers
731 views

Best practices in comment writing and documentation

Commenting nowadays is easier than ever. In Java, there are some nice techniques for linking comments to classes, and Java IDEs are good at making comment shells for you. Languages like Clojure even ...
1
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1answer
142 views

Difference between Controller and Dispatcher in MVC for web frameworks?

In MVC applied to WSGI or Java EE, is the Servlet a controller, dispatcher, or both? I think I've seen system diagrams where the controller and the dispatcher are different. Could the controller ...

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