desktop-application

I am developing an application in using Ruby on Rails, mostly as an excuse to learn the language. This is not intended to be a web-based application - and perhaps I have chosen the wrong language, but... My understanding is, that in order to run an instance of this application on somebody else's computer, they would need to install ruby on rails, and a webserver (or webrick, perhaps), as well as my application code. I am just curious if there are any other options for distributing my application as a standalone app, or perhaps just a simple way to package up a web browser and ROR together with

i have developed a php-mysql web application, which is a school based project. My client wants this application to be converted into a .exe file such that it can be installed on his desktop and use it. How the php website can be converted to a .exe file and can it be run without the need of a database/server software ? Please advice. The convenient solution is not to convert the website to .exe. I think it will be better if you have portable server/php/mysql and make the website work from a usb or CD with autorun. I was also looking for a similar solution and found https://code.google.com/p

I have made an application and i need to save some options before exit.(something like window dimension, ..., that will be written in a file.) The main frame has set this: frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE); How can I save options that interests me?(before exiting of course) Thanks! Romain Linsolas If you just want to do something when the application is shutting down, you can hook the shutdown using this code: Runtime.getRuntime().addShutdownHook(new Thread(new Runnable() { public void run() { // Do what you want when the application is stopping } })); However, this will not

I am looking for Titanium Appcelerator alternatives for Desktop application development with HTML and JavaScript. I want to convert a web app to a desktop application. Hence, there will be a lot of server interaction. Appcelerator was a good choice, but it looks like the company is no longer interested in the Desktop SDK. Also, ajax request from Appcelerator does not retain cookies. I read that Adobe Air can be used for desktop app development, but I don't want to use flash. How good is XULRunner? Will it allow features like Growl notificaiton and creating tray icons? Will I be able to develop

How to change the Windows Application's default icon with other one in C# desktop application. I am trying to change it in Setup Project but it is not. I want to show my own icon with Application's shortcut rather then windows default icon It is truly odd that when you are creating a deployment (set up) project, and you create a shortcut to the "Primary output" (an .exe), the shortcut does not automatically get the .exe's icon. Instead it gets a generic document shortcut icon. Some of the answers here suggest adding an .ico file to the installer, but that certainly feels wrong. You can get the

I'm currently mid-way through building a HTML5 application. I'd really like to deploy this to desktop and I've looked at solutions such as Sencha but have had no luck (I found Sencha disappointing and frustrating to work with). I'd like cross platform compatibility and ease of deployment but I haven't found anything open-source or commercial that looks like it could do the job effectively. Can anyone with some experience suggest a framework which might be suitable for packaging and deploying a HTML5 application on the desktop? An end requirement of this is that it will functional on both Mac

I have a Windows desktop application which must work in collaboration with my Chrome extension. Can I send a message to my desktop app somehow from Google Chrome extension? Which IPC objects can I use? Mike Grace I see three options: You could use the internet. You can have a remote service that both the chrome extension and your desktop app talk to, to communicate. You could have your desktop app have a simple server built into it so that the chrome extension can make local http requests to it to communicate with it. Use the Google NPAPI plugin functionality to have full access to the