Hi, I have a guy that is about to start a build on a desktop application that will allow my staff members to edit there online products at the local pc and then upload a single data file on to the web server. The programmer is using Delphi and flash. Data files are in csv format. The data is not personal information or anything like that so if someone got the csv file from a desktop it wouldn't matter. The reason for this is to reduce the server load on my site as its getting very busy now. So my question is ... with a desktop application (windows) what should i be looking out for to cause me possible problems? any set testing procudure i should use? I have loads of experience with web programming but none with a desktop application. Thanks inadvance
The only problem I can see happening with a desktop application that connects to a server, is that some people might run firewalls that block that, which can get annoying. Otherwise there shouldn't be any big problems.
What if you set up another web server on a cheap machine just for your staff. Since you have a lot of web programming experience, you can write your editing app and host it there. This way, you don't have to depend on any one. I sure its a lot quicker to get that done then to have someone write a desktop application from scratch.