Application clients seem like second rate citizens in Java EE and I would like input on why? Eg:
- the Java EE examples have numerous web applications explaining every use case but not a single example of an application client.
- There is very little information or tutorials on google.
- Java EE offers a lot of advantages for application clients as well.
Benefits of application clients:
- No browser that adds a consistent delay to every load (I have clients simply say no to web based applications here).
- More control (Eg. handle internet/network outages)
- Webstart should make it almost as smooth to deploy to users.
Benefits to web applications:
- Runs in the browser, so end users have zero installation.
- Known technologies and patterns etc whith CSS and HTML for developers and familiar browser for users.
So what are the limitations and pro's/con's of each?
