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"But today there is Java (write once, run anywhere) and Java Web Start (auto-upgrade to all your client machines). [...] You can use traditional client/server, with rich clients written in Java and deployed by Java Web Start talking directly to your database using JPA/Hibernate/JDBC. [...] But even then you can use Java and Java Web Start, and your client application can talk to the middle/web tier using a service API."

Why is the default answer always Java?

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Why is the default answer always Java?

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If you have Java antibodies, you can use Flex or Silverlight. Or take a look at Cappucino.

Cappucino is a web-framework.

Cappucino delivers an entire application in JavaScript. It doesn't use HTML or CSS or any of that stuff. When I say "web app" I assume an HTML-based web app. Flex and Silverlight and even Java are also "web frameworks" if you mean that they talk with the server over the Internet...

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