RE: GUI development language

<Steve>
I have a user that wants a display where they can drill down to an item
number and have the on hand, in transit, in production, and forecasted
demand of the item displayed to them. then show this information for all
the items of a product category in a grid, with the option to print it or
download in xml form. It would be nice if the user could right click a cell
and popup a context menu with all sorts of useful options. But 90% of the
requirement is to have access to the needed data. With asp.net and odbc you
could have an as400 appl that gives the users what they need coded and
deployed very quickly. And it could be written by someone with no knowledge
of the as400 platform.
</Steve>

I am missing your point. I know you know this can be done with a thick
client (or Microsoft's 'Smart client' approach). Sounds more like you are
challenging 5250 vs. browser - that was not my question at all.


Let's try this...

Have you or Walden used a browser application that was better for the user
than a thick client?

Aaron Bartell
http://mowyourlawn.com


-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Steve Richter
Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2007 10:50 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: GUI development language

On 8/30/07, albartell <albartell@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

You danced around the base of my question. Have you ever used a well
written browser app, private or public, that was better than a well
written thick client app?

broaden your requirements. in addition to well written, what about value
adding functionality?

I have a user that wants a display where they can drill down to an item
number and have the on hand, in transit, in production, and forecasted
demand of the item displayed to them. then show this information for all
the items of a product category in a grid, with the option to print it or
download in xml form. It would be nice if the user could right click a cell
and popup a context menu with all sorts of usefull options. But 90% of the
requirement is to have access to the needed data. With asp.net and odbc you
could have an as400 appl that gives the users what they need coded and
deployed very quickly. And it could be written by someone with no knowledge
of the as400 platform.

-Steve
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