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An application that runs stand alone in a desktop or laptop computer. Contrast with "Web-based application," which requires the Web browser to run.

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Desktop application on JavaScript

Is there any system/compiler/SDK/IDE that provides an ability to develop desktop applications using JavaScript?
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flutter for macOS : How to access "user-selected" desktop files and folders

My setup macOS Big Sur Xcode 12.5.1 With macOS sandboxing, I've enabled access to User selected file Download folder Picture folder Music folder Movie folder all with Read/Write permissions. However, when I use the official file_selector and…
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Open website in the user's default browser without letting them launch anything else?

I would like to open a website in a user's default web browser, however since the url is user-defined I would also like to prevent them from doing anything other than opening a website. I have seen people use Process.Start(url); to open a site in…
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How to write applications for different platforms? Linux, Mac, Windows and Mobile Platforms

We want to write a client for an online service which should be available on as many platforms as possible. This question is about what programming language and framework we should use to create this client. These platforms are required: Linux, Mac,…
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Architecture Question: GWT or Vaadin to create Desktop Application?

We're planning on creating a feedreader as a windows desktop- and iPad application. As we want to be able to show Websites AND to run (our own) JavaScript in this application, we thought about delivering the application as HTML/CSS/JavaScript, just…
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JavaScript desktop applications?

Is it possible to create Windows desktop applications in JavaScript? I am aware of HTA (HTML Application) programs, but was wondering if there were a newer .NET or other solution where I could make use of the DLL libraries included with Visual…
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Send Keystrokes to a program even if its in background using c#

I wanna send key stroke to a program even if it is running in background. But I can do this only for NOTEPAD like this, [DllImport("user32.dll")] protected static extern byte VkKeyScan(char ch); [DllImport("user32.dll", SetLastError =…
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Which is better to do first, design the interface or write code?

In a one-man project (webpages or desktop applications) where you're both the designer and the developer, what is better to do first, design or write code?
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Which implications does multithreading have on the architecture of a desktop application?

I am writing a multithreaded desktop application. Generally I am unsure about the implications that multitreading has on the architecture. There is a lot of literature on architecture, but I know none that takes multithreading into account. There is…
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MVC.NET for the desktop

Is there any reason that MVC isn't equally useful for desktop apps as for web apps? What would be required to make an ASP.NET MVC directory tree implementable as a desktop app?
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How to run desktop application with database locally without installing any database Server?

I wanted to create a desktop application with database, am using Visual Studio 2013 and C# , Can anybody suggest me what server I used to create my database, in order to run my application in my client's system locally with out installing any…
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What is considered "best practice" for user authentication/authorization for WPF and WCF applications?

Say I have a .NET rich client (WPF) application that will be deployed in 3 different scenarios simultaneously: client & server code runs in a single process client code runs on an intranet computer and communicates via WCF to a server machine…
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Where does the professional sheen of a GUI application realistically come from?

I have been playing around with php-gtk recently and in the past I have experimented with Java to make GUI 'hello world' apps. However both these types of applications have had a bit of a clunky (almost childish) look and feel to them. I cannot deny…
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Cross Platform, Open Source, Data Synchronization Strategy

The goal is to have occasionally connected clients belonging to one user running on an array of different platforms be able to share a common dataset. Server will be GNU/Linux. Platforms and devices initially targeted include: GNU/Linux, Android and…
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Desktop browse does not work in java for Ubuntu

desktop = Desktop.getDesktop().browse(uri); The above code does not work in the Ubuntu OS. If I execute this code, then my application gets struck and hangs for a while and during that time I cannot stop the running application in java console. The…
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