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I'm designing an application to examine and analyse stock trading data and I'm trying to choose between writing a standard java application and writing a jsp. I was wondering if someone could help me get an idea of the disadvantages and advantages of choosing one over the other. i know that this is very vague, but i just wanted to get an idea of why you would choose one over the other
thanks,
ab

If you create a web application with JSPs/Servlets/etc., there are three main benefits:
-- You don't have to install it on everyone's computer, and therefore don't have to really worry about whether or not it's compatible. If they have a web-browser -- and everyone does -- then they can access your application.
-- Along the same lines as above, users can access the application anywhere, from any computer with a browser. Someone could access the application while on vacation across the world without having to install anything. This also helps if your application requires resources that are on an internal network -- as long as your web application server has access to that network, users don't have to be.
-- Very easy to update everyone's application. Simply update the server, and voila, it's updated for everyone using it.
If you alternatively create a desktop application, you get the following benefits:
-- Faster. Since everything's running on the JVM, your application doesn't have to rely so heavily on its Internet connection.
-- Cleaner interface. You can develop snazzier interfaces more easily using Swing/JFace. Interesting interfaces with bells and whistles are more difficult using JSPs because you're limited by what a browser can render and what DHTML (JavaScript, CSS, and HTML) can accomplish. One trivial example is, in Windows XP, letting an application have an icon in the taskbar. Little things like that can really endear an application to a user.
-- Probably a more elegant and efficient application design. This has to do with how web applications require you to conform to the Server-Client protocol. Everything is client-driven in web applications -- you cannot have the server initiate any conversation; the server can only answer client-requests. Desktop applications are also easier to debug.
Hope that helps a bit : )
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