There has been a debate about which is more profitable or better between desktop applications and web applications, I write this post to share my own views on the topic. It is a very big topic considering the change in technology where everyone around the world now have access to World Wide Web which can be accessed with any device that has a web browsing functionality and the change where most companies rely on desktop programs to perform their day to day activities. In this argument, am going to be on the fence between Web Applications and Desktop Applications and I am going to treat them one after the other.
Apart from the debate between which is better between the two types of programs, there has been some criticisms about desktop applications, some see desktops programs as an outdated technology that should be buried in the wake of web applications. But these critics are mainly web developers who knows little or none about desktop app development. They tell themselves that desktop app is an outdated technology to feel ok or up to date, but deep down in their hearts, they still know the value of desktop programs, when some web developers who are looking forward to going into desktop program development but sees it as a hard task to do, hears these critics, they feel a kind of relief and that stops them from learning what they should learn. I am a desktop and web app developer, but I do more of desktop development because that is what my clients often requests for.
I have a friend who does just web applications, he tries as much as possible to convince me that desktop apps and web apps are the same, that the only difference is that web apps run on a web server while desktops apps run on desktops computers, of course I agree with him on this, but the only time I disagreed with him was when he told me that a web application can easily be converted to a desktop application by just adding a .exe file extension to the folder that contains the web app/site files. I asked him whether he has developed a desktop app before, he said no. How then did he know about this? The fact is that he doesn't know, he said what he said to feel good, deep down in him, he wants to be a desktop app developer as well as he is a web developer.
Desktop program is still useful and still in high demand, if desktop programs aren't important and reliable, programs like Android Studio, Photoshop, Visual Studio and the browsers themselves would have all been converted to complete web applications. The fact is web applications have not come to replace desktop programs and desktop programs are not replacing web apps. Like professionals always say , "it all depends on the job at hand, use the right tool for the job".
Web Applications on the other hand are also very useful and some times proves to be more profitable because there are more clients seeking for web apps (websites) and are ready to pay for them than those seeking for desktop programs. Everybody wants his or her business to be available online and there is nearly no modern device without a browser, that makes web apps highly profitable. Once your app is set up, all you need to do is drive traffic to that app and woo!, the money comes in. That is why everybody wants to go into web development.
The bottom line is that both technologies are good and very useful, I emphasized more on Desktop applications because they are partially being kicked out of business by critics. All my developments, both desktop and web apps are based on a kind of desktop program called IDE (Integrated Development Environment). Apparently, without an IDE or any desktop program used for development, life would be hell for developers.
Your comments and opinions are welcomed, thanks for reading.
Apart from the debate between which is better between the two types of programs, there has been some criticisms about desktop applications, some see desktops programs as an outdated technology that should be buried in the wake of web applications. But these critics are mainly web developers who knows little or none about desktop app development. They tell themselves that desktop app is an outdated technology to feel ok or up to date, but deep down in their hearts, they still know the value of desktop programs, when some web developers who are looking forward to going into desktop program development but sees it as a hard task to do, hears these critics, they feel a kind of relief and that stops them from learning what they should learn. I am a desktop and web app developer, but I do more of desktop development because that is what my clients often requests for.
I have a friend who does just web applications, he tries as much as possible to convince me that desktop apps and web apps are the same, that the only difference is that web apps run on a web server while desktops apps run on desktops computers, of course I agree with him on this, but the only time I disagreed with him was when he told me that a web application can easily be converted to a desktop application by just adding a .exe file extension to the folder that contains the web app/site files. I asked him whether he has developed a desktop app before, he said no. How then did he know about this? The fact is that he doesn't know, he said what he said to feel good, deep down in him, he wants to be a desktop app developer as well as he is a web developer.
Desktop program is still useful and still in high demand, if desktop programs aren't important and reliable, programs like Android Studio, Photoshop, Visual Studio and the browsers themselves would have all been converted to complete web applications. The fact is web applications have not come to replace desktop programs and desktop programs are not replacing web apps. Like professionals always say , "it all depends on the job at hand, use the right tool for the job".
Web Applications on the other hand are also very useful and some times proves to be more profitable because there are more clients seeking for web apps (websites) and are ready to pay for them than those seeking for desktop programs. Everybody wants his or her business to be available online and there is nearly no modern device without a browser, that makes web apps highly profitable. Once your app is set up, all you need to do is drive traffic to that app and woo!, the money comes in. That is why everybody wants to go into web development.
The bottom line is that both technologies are good and very useful, I emphasized more on Desktop applications because they are partially being kicked out of business by critics. All my developments, both desktop and web apps are based on a kind of desktop program called IDE (Integrated Development Environment). Apparently, without an IDE or any desktop program used for development, life would be hell for developers.
Your comments and opinions are welcomed, thanks for reading.
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