Servlets or Applets or ...

[Don Khan]

Hi,

I am relatively new to JAVA but I am trying to build contact management
system which would allow users to create their list of contacts. The contact
data would be in database and security is important issue. I was initially
thinking of using servlets/jsp but than it occurred to me that there might
be other technologies in JAVA which could be better suited to what I need to
accomplish.

The application should allow user to search based on different criteria,
should also provide interface for inputting new contacts. Also it should
allow some level of sharing data in cases it is used on a company level
where many users have common contacts.

If you have a good idea of what technology would work best for my
application please email me justifying your suggestion so that I can
understand where you are coming from.

Any replies would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Don
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High achievement always takes place in the framework of high expectation.
- Charles F. Kettering

[Anzime]

Don Khan wrote:

Hi,

I am relatively new to JAVA but I am trying to build contact management
system which would allow users to create their list of contacts. The contact
data would be in database and security is important issue. I was initially
thinking of using servlets/jsp but than it occurred to me that there might
be other technologies in JAVA which could be better suited to what I need to
accomplish.

The application should allow user to search based on different criteria,
should also provide interface for inputting new contacts. Also it should
allow some level of sharing data in cases it is used on a company level
where many users have common contacts.

If you have a good idea of what technology would work best for my
application please email me justifying your suggestion so that I can
understand where you are coming from.

Any replies would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Don

What are your requirements?
What commercial and/or open source projects satisfy your requirements?
What features are lacking from commercial and/or open source projects?
Who is your user base?
What hardware/software are they using?
Where will the database reside?
What is your vision for the user interface?
1) HTML
2) Flash
3) Applet
4) Java Web Start Application
5) Standalone Thin/Rich Client Application

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Regards,
Anzime