How to decide on the technology to use for a project?

Hi All,

Suppose I have a .Net team, a java team, C++ team and so on..

How to arrive at the technology to be used to develop a particular project?

It would be great if anybody can throw light on this.

Thank you,
Aizek

re: How to decide on the technology to use for a project?

The technology depends on the type of project.

re: How to decide on the technology to use for a project?

that's right and it often depends even on the environment where it could/should be integrated into ... most projects are not only 'stand alone' ones ... for example you develop something for an external customer it might be that you will get a requirement regarding the technology because the customer wants to maintain it in the future for himself or extend it with his own developers who currently develop another project using a specific technology already, or he has a running system that should work together with you new application/service or whatever ... there are just rules of thumb for what is not appropriate to use in specific projects but often you don't have something that could be called the best in any case - just something like the best for one case because of all the surrounding things that should be taken into consideration for a final decision ...

kind regards

re: How to decide on the technology to use for a project?

In addition to what they have said depending on the project ,if project is Web based recommnedation will be Java as it contains powerful features for Web application or ASP.Net with Java or C# but if the project is Windows based when i said windows based i mean like application for finance or billing within the organization recommendation will be C++ or VB.Net .

Kind Regard
Walter

re: How to decide on the technology to use for a project?

suppose i want to make an application which is GUI based for windows and also intracts with Internet to get some data, which language should I use.???

Thanks heaps.

re: How to decide on the technology to use for a project?

If your choices are C++, Java and .NET then I'd suggest Java just in case you need that software to run on something else other than Windows.

re: How to decide on the technology to use for a project?

You should also take the time frame into account, a good C++ app generally takes longer to develop (in my experience) than an .NET application. this is because C++ offers more control and requires more things to be done manually where .NET does alot of stuff for you (not always in the best way, but usually good enough).

re: How to decide on the technology to use for a project?

As I know C++, and basic of core java. I decided to learn java for my project.
One more thing, i have no idea how to fetch data from any website to show on my application....?? is it legal??? probably i will come to know later while learning java :)

Also what i have to read in java? only core or advance. i have developed some small app using swings. any other suggestion will be highly appreciated.
any tutorials ??????

Thanks

re: How to decide on the technology to use for a project?

oops!!! probably this not the right place to ask such question :(

re: How to decide on the technology to use for a project?

My piece of advice. Don’t hijack someone’s thread. You might think you have a similar question, in which case, when you start a new thread, link to a relevant thread