Web Applications Converted To Desktop Applications [closed]

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I have been reading some of the posts here, but haven't really seen the answers to my questions directly. I am a web developer and need to integrate some of my web applications to some sort of desktop application. For example, say a business has some kind of booking, it needs to be available offline (desktop in office/stores) and online, with the master database offline. What I would like to know is the best way in doing something like this and different options. If I can use web technology like PHP/MySQL and then use something like WinBinder to be able to handle all the work, then great, but from my research, I get the impression this is not a great appro开发者_JAVA技巧ach. PHP/MySQL is what I mainly use for backend development, however know some other languages, just haven't mastered them yet.

Can you guys suggest some methods of acheiving what I need and what languages, etc are the best? Can I stick with web technologies, but create simple install packages so clients can install the application easily?

Thanks in advance for your help.

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It sounds like you need a Rich Internet Application. Here is a good explanation.

http://searchsoa.techtarget.com/definition/Rich-Internet-Application-RIA

Microsoft Silverlight has one of the best offerings because they can run integrated within a web page as well as a desktop application.

Java Web Start and Flash are similar offerrings as well.

EDIT: I just want to say that PHP is all kinds of wrong for this type of solution.

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I discourage to use PHP as desktop application.

You should sepearte the 2 appliaction.

• Web app using PHP
• Desktop app using Java (or whatever you want)

In your desktop app you should provide a "journaled" system that can save all the actions users make offline and upload it when the users go online (or when the users want) to your PHP application so you can push those actions in your DB.

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Today, with the new browsers, you can store a local db inside the browser like you store a cookie, my suggestion is to take some nice ui web framework like sproutecore or if you like php go for jqm php, and use it as desktop app, check the offline features that the frameworks offer before you start.