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C# .Net Windows application or WebSite application?

My requirement is to develop an application which can be run from central networked computer.
My idea is to install SQL database on central computer(server) i.e to have database located on the server, and install C# windows application on one or more client machines. All the client machines will store/retrieve database from the server.
Is this option better or creating a WebSite and installing this only on central server. All client can access using the link through browser.
I feel Windows application will be much faster compared to Website

Please suggest me which would be the best choice.
Thanks in advance
Oct 9 '09 #1
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ssnaik84
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if you are using it in Intranet, i dont think you will face any speed/performance issue.. you can go with web application.

btw, These days people are developing web OS... it shows.. web application has not limited to just website.. :)
Oct 9 '09 #2
Frinavale
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I loved developing desktop applications that consumed web services.
But I don't think that your application even needs to be that complicated.

By the sounds of it your users are going to be using Windows and you aren't looking to develop an application that is multi-platform. So a desktop windows application developed with C# would do fine.

It also sounds like all you need to do is host the database on a server. Windows desktop applications can connect to remote/centralized databases using C# without having to access a web server. So you don't need to do any web development if you don't want to.

That being said, if your application needs to be run on different platforms (eg Linux) then you should consider developing a website application. These applications run in web browsers and so it doesn't matter what operating system the end user is using.

If your application only needs to be run in Windows but the processes that the application does are intense, consider developing a web service (or use WCF) so that the server can handle this instead of the client computer.

By the sounds of it you just want to develop a desktop application that doesn't use any web development at all.

-Frinny
Oct 9 '09 #3

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