: Desktop application vs web application I have a custom accounting + user specific needs desktop application (which i developed using delphi 7 + mysql and over 20 users are actively using the

@Si4351233

After your comments and clarifying that you don't need to access hardware.

Everything you say like create reports, keep user preferences etc will be achievable however some things like saving user preference can be achieved with cookies as an example so it'll be different in terms of how to achieve some of the things.

In web apps you'll need to be able to cater for all browsers as that's how you'll be using it most likely.

You'll be able to access it from different screen sized devices such as mobile, tablet and larger screens so you'll want to take into consideration those factors (not that huge). Look into responsive web design bootstrap does a good job.

You'll need to use javascript to do front end stuff like asynchronous updates/create/sorting etc. Something like jquery has lots of plugins that you can use.

With web apps you'll always need an Internet connection to use. So it'll need a domain name and it'll be public so more susceptible to hacking.

You could overcome some of that by installing it on a local server which every user has access to.

You'll find many classes and even frameworks that are maintained by communities which has bulk of the work and best practices already implemented. You might just need to adapt etc.

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